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Title:
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Dancing in the Mosque |
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Authors:
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Stanizai, Zaman |
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Genre:
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Non Fiction |
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Pages:
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212 |
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Year:
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2020 |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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Growing up, Homeira Qaderi was a stroppy teenager daring to homeschool girls in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Her rebellious nature never abated and following marriage at seventeen, life as a refugee in Teheran, opportunities for higher education and then a return to post-Taliban Kabul, she remained staunch, particularly when her husband decided to take a second wife.
Promptly divorced for her defiance in opposing his intention, her toddler son was taken from her (as permitted by Afghan law).
In this powerful and riveting memoir, the author, a writer and activist for women's rights, shares the story of her life and directly addresses her son who was told she was dead.
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Categories:
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Non fiction, Biography, Culture/Ethnic/Racial, Gender Issues, Grief/loss, Human Rights, Letters/Diaries, Morals/Ethics, Political, Social commentary/perspectives, Translation, Afghanistan, 2023 Titles |
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By: CHCH 257
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2025-05-05 09:41:06 |
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A hard but rewarding, and very informative read. |
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By: CHCH 194
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2025-03-19 13:59:21 |
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A courageous and confident girl/woman. We all appreciated our own easier lives. Well-written with some interesting snippets of poetic writing. |
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By: CHCH 238
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2025-02-17 12:41:47 |
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An interesting read by an amazing advocate for women in her home country of Afghanistan. |
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By: WANG 004
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2024-11-25 14:46:54 |
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A delightful read for all our group. The story was well constructed and easy to read. It was very insightful and compelling. A writer of great talent. |
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By: FEILD 002
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2024-06-17 11:49:23 |
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Highly acclaimed by most. |
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By: AUCK 210
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2024-05-28 13:31:41 |
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Made us appreciate the freedom women have in N.Z! A brave courageous woman teaching others the value of an education in a male dominated Afghanistan where to be discovered could have resulted in death. |
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By: CHCH 395
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2024-04-17 12:49:52 |
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Very well-written book. Easy to read but really important topic, and it was interesting to read her story. |
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By: WHITIAN 002
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2024-03-13 13:14:22 |
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We all loved this book. One of the best we've had, and we're very happy we live in N.Z. not Afghanistan. The treatment of women there is so appalling. |
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By: DUNED 111
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2024-03-07 11:40:19 |
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Everyone loved this book, it provoked the most animated discussion we've had at any meeting. Beautifully written. |
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By: WHANG 033
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2024-03-07 11:28:47 |
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A quick and easy read. 'Dancing in the Mosque' was compelling and confronting in its story. The way it was written was a moving narrative of courage, loss and grief -and decisive action in the face of fear, vulnerability and uncertainty. It made us all realise the privilege of living in freedom with rights, and voice, and status. |
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By: LOWER 009
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2023-11-15 10:30:02 |
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Everyone loved this book and we realised how lucky we were not to live in Afghanistan. |
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By: CHCH 545
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2023-11-15 10:17:33 |
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Great insight into her life. Really good book. |
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By: ROTO 015
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2023-09-20 10:27:09 |
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Insightful, good book. Some didn't like the writing style. |
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By: WAIKA 004
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2023-09-20 10:26:32 |
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An interesting read. Some found it quite stressful reading about life in Afghanistan. Felt we would have liked more family background, which wasn't possible for security reasons for her and her ex husband's family. |
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By: KATIK 002
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2023-09-20 10:23:29 |
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A real story of courage and sacrifice as well as despair. When you think how young she was and what she was prepared to do. Big discussion on divorce and how the law in different countries operates. We agreed it was moving and gripping with the underlying courageous desire to improve Afghan women's lives - whatever the cost. Highly recommend. |
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By: WELL 082
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2023-09-20 10:16:18 |
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We were a little underwhelmed by this book. It dwelt too long on some aspects and too little on others (eg. for example her later life and education). Although we could only admire Homeira Qaderi, we felt other similar books we had read were more powerful and thought provoking. |
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By: AUCK 236
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2023-09-20 10:13:04 |
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At times a difficult book to read, but we all enjoyed it and it gave us a lot to discuss. We were all interested to find out more about where the author is today. |
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By: SUTHER 001
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2023-04-20 14:52:07 |
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Everybody enjoyed this book and it led to great discussion about the rights and roles of women. Easy to read and understand. |
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