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This cover fits well for today‘s #ThreadTheNeedle prompt.

Really glad I chose this for #FoodAndLit - a look at what life was like for a family of 9 sisters / 2 brothers as their lives changed drastically once the Taliban enter #Afghanistan 💔Especially poignant as now they are back in power😡 interesting article https://theweek.com/afghanistan-war/1013344/this-is-life-in-afghanistan-since-th...

When the father and older brother must leave Kabul to avoid punishment/conscription by the Taliban, the oldest sister living at home must figure out how to make money to feed her siblings. She starts a business that ultimately employs quite a few women, who desperately need jobs to survive, right under the noses of Taliban soldiers. What is life like for women in #Afghanistan under the Taliban? This book, while amazingly inspiring, tears ⬇️

In typical fashion, I‘ve forgone my #WeeklyForecast and started an audio for #FoodAndLit - #Afghanistan

“ The partnership between America and my country, it‘s a good and helpful beginning. Together, I believe that we can and will make even more progress in building a more stable and successful Afghanistan.“

Such a good book but sad and poignant knowing what we know now.

#foodandlit #Afghanistan @Catsandbooks @Butterfinger

Osama bin Laden, the “wealthy Saudi,” brought death not only to Americans. By establishing his base in Afghanistan, thanks to protection from the Taliban, he brought even more death and destruction upon innocent Afghans who wanted nothing to do with him or the Taliban. I‘m so sad that after all the Afghan women have been through they‘re going through it all again. #foodandlit #Afghanistan

I am reading these books now for #foodandlit #Afghanistan. It‘s sad but interesting that they show different ways women have to think creatively to live under the Taliban. In the tagged book, with no man at home to bring home wages, the women must find a way to buy food when their activities are curtailed to sitting at home. In the second, the author-who lived as a boy-refused to succumb to the strict rules when she went through puberty. ⬇️

The tagged book begins with a map. #foodandlit #Afghanistan @Butterfinger @Catsandbooks

Up next for #foodandlit #Afghanistan @Butterfinger @Catsandbooks

The inspirational story of Kamila Sidiqi whose bravery and entrepreneurial spirit supported her Afghani community under the Taliban, employing many of her desperate female neighbors with a dress making business run out of her home. Sidiqi cuts an impressive figure but Lemmon‘s writing is a little simplistic and she surely must have cut out at least some of the difficulties Kamila faced as it all seems to come just a little too easy. Good on audio.

Loved this inspiring true story of a woman who found a way to flourish, and taught others to do the same, during the Taliban regime in the late 90‘s in Afghanistan. All credit to the “Strong Sense of Place” podcast for recommending this one 👍🏻

A fascinating story about a female entrepreneur trying to start a business in secret under the restrictive taliban regime. We have no idea what true oppression is. I can‘t imagine being in the midst of a career or college and having the world crashed out around you and losing every single right that you had because you are a woman.

“Now that it has been taken away, Kabuli girls of every age understood exactly how precious education really was.”

An inspiring book about a woman who defied the Taliban by working and employing other women during their rule of #Afghanistan in the 1990s. #audiobook #readingAsia2021

#readingasia2021 #Afghanistan @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

A true story of a young woman in Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover. Well written and interesting read.

An amazing story of perseverance under tyranny. It‘s hard to imagine how people live under such a oppressive regime, but these strong and feisty women are willing to put themselves at great risk to support the needs of their families. This is a heartfelt book that celebrates the determination of the human spirit! Great read!

This a true story about how a group of sisters start a dressmaking business, even with the dangers of the Taliban that seized control of Kabul. How they have survived the war of the 9/11 war. Heart warming and very interesting as you get transported to an Afganistan you have never seen before

Book sixteen of 2019, a shorter non-fiction read

#kindledeal #kindledeals #ebooksale

#Afghanistan #augustisatrip #tbr #nonfiction

I received my next #postlit book and @trazo sent me the tagged book as a gift. Thank you so much. 😃I‘m excited to read both! @melyndarae I believe this is your pick according to the hilarious explanation from @Jabberwocky at the beginning! 😂

I took this off my cousin yesterday..anyone read it? I am reading other books right now but this one is next

This is the #truestory of #KamilaSidiqi, a young #Afghan woman, who against all odds, started a #dressmaking business and #tailoring school amid the #Taliban regime in #Afghanistan in the late 1990s. While I appreciate this well-intentioned book, unfortunately the storytelling part lacked realism, rendering this book to be a rather insipid read.
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For my full review and other reviews, please visit:
https://www.goodreads.com/thereadingowlvina

Picked this up at the grocery store (of all places) today. Sounded very intriguing. Anyone else read it?

Also serves for #maybookflowers prompt, #setinthemiddleeast #currentlyreading

Awesome meeting of the #2030SomethingBookClub today in NYC! We talked about our grab bag reads from last meeting, and newcomers told us about the best book they read in 2016. And so the TBR stack grows! 😁👍🏻

This is half of the books we discussed at our #2030SomethingBookClub meeting today 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! Lots of great selections & such a diversity of titles! Sparked a long, interesting conversation 😊👍🏻. The one that caught my & @BookBabe 's attention the most may be Dressmaker. It's a memoir about a woman, her 4 sisters, & their mom. When the Taliban took over Kabul, she became the family breadwinner. Sounds fascinating! Kamila's story inspires!

I thought the book told a good story but I couldn't get into the style of writing. A bit too journalistic / almost romance novely in the way it was told. But had to show the delicious breakfast I made with it!!

This was a quick listen on audio. Very enlightening regarding life in Afghanistan before 9/11. Very inspiring story about women's lives and the risks they took to support their families.

#nextup loving this on audio so far!!

3/5 stars.

Why is it that every journalist who goes to war zones fail to do any kind of reading/studying of the destination?!