Kabul in Winter - Ann Jones (2006)Ann Jones is an author/journalist/womens right activist who goes to Kabul to do volunteer work teaching. This is no walk in the park, beauty salon book - she battles down to the nitty gritty adressing issues such as womens rights in Afghanistan, corruption, aid work,legal rights, politics, history and religion. However it gives you insight into a society that sells off many of its young girls into marriage often at age 9-15 to much older men, who they have never met and gives women very little rights. Amazing to think that it would be impossible to live my life over there, women are not allowed to life and work alone and mix with males who are not in their family.
A fasinating read - but not a summer blockbuster. This one takes a bit of work to get through. 2/5
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