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Summary: an opinion
Review: In response o a review critizing the simplistic and "saccrinine" account of a martyer's life. ... Gandhi or Lincoln or ML King all had less than perfect lives, all the more human. But to stand UP, and be one to bear the hopes of, and the brunt of punishment of, an entire class of oppressed , demands that accounts be written to inspire, rather than demean. And further oppression those who do not have a voice ( as do professional reviewers ) is all the less to be tolerated.
because of these accounts.Just an opinion
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Summary: inspiring story of a wonderful feminist
Review: this book should be required reading for all young girls and women around the world. it is a real page turner, and details the life and times of a heroic, intelligent young woman who worked selflessly under the most difficult of conditions for the poor, the oppressed, the refugee and the voiceless in Afghanistan. she was brutally murdered for her work at age 30. the book also details the extreme cruelty of the taliban, the northern alliance and even recent problems and issues in both pakistan and afghanistan. it explains how cruel, fascist, despotic leaders and warlords came to power and the utter helplessness of those that do the most good, the women, because the US government only likes and respects a war machine, still the current policy of the bush regieme at the US government. while millions were given to osamma bin laden and the northern alliance, rawa, the harbinger of feminism, democracy, free speech, etc., went penniless. well then, guess who got bombed sept 11th! if rawa would have received that money instead, there would have been no sept 11th, millions of children would have received medical care, education and books. crucial rebuilding would have occured. of course, there is more money to be made in guns, bombs and armaments, and less in plain simple books, teaching and computers. there is still much work to do and one can visit rawa's website by either doing a search, or it is listed in the book (sorry, one of the guidelines is to not list other's websites, so you'll have to search on your own, but the url pops up fairly quickly) also on rawa's website you'll find recommendations for other books also available from amazon.com. good luck and good reading.
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Summary: Story of courage and determination
Review: This book will open the eyes of any American to the suffering and poverty that women of Afghanistan have gone through for decades. It is the story of not one, but many courageous women and men and their ongoing effort to turn their country into a democracy. This book is warm and enduring. It is eye-opening. It is a true human interest story. This is what reporters should be reporting on. Not Michael Jackson, or Martha Stewart or anything else. I would read this book again and again and again if I had the time.
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