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Dancing in the Mosque : An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son by Homeira Qaderi; Zaman S. Stanizai is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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An Exquisite And Inspiring Memoir About One Mother's Unimaginable Choice In The Face Of Oppression And Abuse In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The Day That Homeira Qaderi Gave Birth To Her Son Siawash, The Road To The Hospital In Kabul Was Barricaded Because Of A Suicide Bomber Explosion. With The City And Military On Edge, An Armed Soldier Pointed His Gun At The Pregnant Woman's Bulging Stomach, Terrified That She Was Hiding A Bomb. Frightened And In Pain, Forced To Make Her Way On Foot, Homeira Walked Through The Blood And Wreckage To Reach The Hospital Doors, Propelled By The Love She Held For Her Soon-to-be-born Child. But The Joy Of Her Beautiful Son's Birth Was Soon Overshadowed By Other Dangers That Would Threaten Her Life. No Ordinary Afghan Woman, Homeira Refused To Cower Under The Strictures Of A Misogynistic Social Order. Defying The Law, She Risked Her Freedom To Teach Children To Read And Write, And Fought For Women's Rights In Her Theocratic And Patriarchal Society. Shortly After Siawash's Birth, As She Was Preparing To Leave For The United States To Participate In The International Writing Program At The University Of Iowa, Her Husband Divorced Her, Allowing Her To
Who reads Dancing in the Mosque : An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Homeira Qaderi; Zaman S. Stanizai
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062970329
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, Family & Relationships, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (720 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14