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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Nordland, Rod, author.     Subjects     Man-woman relationships -- Afghanistan -- Case studies.     Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Women in Islam -- Afghanistan.     Human rights -- Afghanistan.     Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Afghanistan -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nordland, Rod, author.       by title:      The lovers [electron...         MARC Display

The lovers [electronic resource] : Afghanistan's Romeo & Juliet : the true story of how they defied their families and escaped an honor killing / Rod Nordland. by Nordland, Rod, author. New York : HarperCollins, 2016. Subjects Man-woman relationships -- Afghanistan -- Case studies.   Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Women in Islam -- Afghanistan.   Human rights -- Afghanistan.   Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Afghanistan -- Biography. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=351D93B8-8DEF-4750-940F-21183FD168FC This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=351d93b8-8def-4750-940f-21183fd168fc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{351D93B8-8DEF-4750-940F-21183FD168FC}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9780062378842 (electronic bk.) 0062378848 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource. Requests:  0 Summary:  In this brilliant, deeply reported account of two young people who risked their lives to be together, Pulitzer finalist Rod Nordland puts a face on the debate about women's rights in the fundamentalist Muslim world Zakia and Ali grew up as close friends on adjoining potato farms in the remote mountain province of Bamiyan. Separated when they reached puberty, Zakia, a beautiful and fiercely opinionated young woman, and Ali, a sensitive, handsome young man, fell in love and courted, remotely at first and then in Zakia's garden. Defying her family, Afghan custom, and Islamic law, Zakia left home to be with Ali and ended up in a women's shelter. The shelter saved her life, but she was unable to see Ali there so the two lovers decided to elope and went into hiding, pursued by Zakia's family. The author wrote about them in the New York Times, and having exposed them, felt obligated to help them to safety. Despite a decade of American good intentions, women in Afghanistan are still subjected to some of the worst human rights violations in the world. The Lovers is Rod Nordland's compelling tale about his inability, even as a Westerner with money and will, to protect these young lovers' basic human rights. Recounting the stories of similar, though less fortunate, couples from his decades of experience in the region, Rod illustrates how common misogynistic cultural practices such as stoning, child marriage, and legalized rape are deeply ingrained in traditional Afghan culture. The United States has spent more than a billion dollars on efforts to train and improve the Afghan judiciary system, with a particular emphasis on women's rights and gender equality. As a result, Afghan law now technically outlaws many horrendous customary practices.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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