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Summary of Ukmina Manoori's I Am a Bacha Posh
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was invited to attend the award ceremony for Most Courageous Women of the World, and I was extremely nervous. I was scared that people would see past my disguise and realize that I was just an illiterate peasant from southern Afghanistan. #2 I was at the US Department of State, and I thought about Badgai, the strong and brave woman who had the courage no man ever had. I was afraid of all the women there, and did not like their clothes or their loud laughter. #3 I wanted to write this book so that people would understand the lives of Afghan women. I wanted to be visible, and I wanted people to talk about us, the Afghans who fight to no longer be ghosts.
I Am a Bacha Posh
A 2015 Amelia Bloomer List Selection "You will be a son, my daughter." With these stunning words Ukmina learned that she was to spend her childhood as a boy. In Afghanistan there is a widespread practice of girls dressing as boys to play the role of a son. These children are called bacha posh: literally "girls dressed as boys." This practice offers families the freedom to allow their child to shop and work—and in some cases, it saves them from the disgrace of not having a male heir. But in adolescence, religion restores the natural law. The girls must marry, give birth, and give up their freedom. Ukmina decided to confront social and family pressure and keep her menswear. This brave choice...
Islam: sconosciuto a noi italiani - Religione e Rispetto
L'autore dopo quaranta tre anni di ricerca spirituale tra malattie importanti ed incontri tra Maestri ed Istruttori Vedantici, studi sulla mistica Cristiana e Buddismo incontra un papà e una figlia musulmani che lo illuminano sull'Islam, e dopo un anno di studi su questa religione sconosciuta e "resistenze" per via dei pregiudizi che i media ci infondono, una mattina di fine gennaio Allah subhan allah tala l'ha chiamato, poco dopo la recitazione della Shahada il "ritorno" e l'inizio di una nuova vita! Snaturare i pregiudizi alimentati dai media, il messaggio di pace e la condanna del terrorismo, il protagonismo della donna e il velo è lo scopo del volume far conoscere i veri musulmani per non temerli, anzi!
Verso l'uscita
Verso l'uscita è un osservatorio sulla produzione creativa globale legata al tema dell'eutanasia. Il titolo è da un lato un omaggio all'efficace perifrasi che costituisce il correlativo del disagio di nominare la morte (si preferisce, come si fa con i tabù, non nominarla direttamente); dall'altro è un riferimento alla dimensione della transmedialità, che è, con ogni evidenza, la caratteristica più significativa dei testi eutanasici. Poeti, scrittori, fumettisti, registi teatrali e cinematografici, cantautori si sono per lo più schierati a favore o su posizioni possibiliste, assumendo come controparte chi (Famiglia, Stato, Medici, Chiesa) si pone come Padrone assoluto, più che come Padre amorevole, della vita dell'altro. La posta in gioco non è la vittoria del relativismo etico o della visione laica/atea/agnostica, ma quella del riconoscimento dei diritti e della dignità degli esseri umani.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, a landlocked country in Central Asia, has improbably been at the center of international geopolitics for four decades. After the Soviet Union invaded in 1980, Afghanistan descended into an unending conflict that featured at various points most of the world's major powers. In the mid-1990s, the country entered a new phase, when the Taliban took power and imposed order based on a harsh, repressive version of Islamic law. Infamously, the sheltered Osama bin Laden, whose attack on 9/11 Towers ushered in the Global War on Terror, drew tens of thousands of American troops to the country, where they remain today. In Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs to Know(R), leading scholar Barnett R. Rubin provides an overview of this complicated nation. After providing a concise history of Afghanistan, he explores the various peoples and cultures of the country and its relations with neighbors like Pakistan and Iran. He also provides an authoritative overview of the conflicts that have plagued the country since the Soviet invasion. Both wide-ranging and pithy, this book explains why Afghanistan matters and what its possible future might look like.
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Le bambine non esistono
«Ho assaporato la libertà degli uomini, ho visto le ragazze della mia età scomparire dalle strade e diventare invisibili. Per me non è più possibile tornare indietro. È troppo tardi». Nonostante sia cresciuta sui monti afgani al confine con il Pakistan, in una zona ancora legata a tradizioni secolari, Ukmina sin da piccola va in bicicletta, gioca a pallone, si sposta da sola per le commissioni, parla da pari con gli uomini del suo villaggio. Il motivo per cui può farlo è perché Ukmina non esiste. È un fantasma. Undicesima dopo sette femmine e tre maschi morti in fasce, quando ha superato il mese di vita, suo padre ha capito che ce l’avrebbe fatta e ha sentenziato: «Tu sarai un ...
The Kabul Beauty School
The Kabul Beauty School is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women, all of whom have stories to tell, who come together and learn the arts of perms, friendship, and freedom. Arriving in Afghanistan in 2002 with nothing more than a beauty degree and a desire to help, Deborah Rodriguez set out on a course of action that would change her life and those of many Afghan women. The once proud tradition of beauty schools had been all but destroyed and with it Afghani womens ability to support themselves. As one of the founders of the Kabul Beauty School she set about training women and helping them rebuild their lives.
The Naked Truth
The surprisingly hopeful story of how a straight, nonpromiscuous, everyday girl contracted HIV and how she manages to stay upbeat, inspired, and more positive about life than ever before At nineteen years of age, Marvelyn Brown was lying in a stark white hospital bed at Tennessee Christian Medical Center, feeling hopeless. A former top track and basketball athlete, she was in the best shape of her life, but she was battling a sudden illness in the intensive care unit. Doctors had no idea what was going on. It never occurred to Brown that she might be HIV positive. Having unprotected sex with her Prince Charming had set into swift motion a set of circumstances that not only landed her in the fight of her life, but also alienated her from her community. Rather than give up, however, Brown found a reason to fight and a reason to live. The Naked Truth is an inspirational memoir that shares how an everyday teen refused to give up on herself, even as others would forsake her. More, it's a cautionary tale that every parent, guidance counselor, and young adult should read.
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.” Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband's hands and of her daring escape. With the help of local advocates and the press, Nujood obtained her freedom—an extraordinary achievement in Yemen, where almost half of all girls are married under the legal age. Nujood's courageous defiance of both Yemeni customs and her own family has inspired other young girls in the Middle East to challenge their marriages. Hers is an unforgettable story of tragedy, triumph, and courage.
