My Forbidden Face: growing up under the Taliban: A young woman's storyThis story is a must for anyone interested in world history, women's rights, or the tyranny that sometimes occurs in the name of "religion". Latifa takes us through nearly five years of her life, beginning in Afghanistan as a sixteen year old, through approximately four years under house arrest simply for being female (under the Taliban) and finally to her liberation in France where she related her story. Latifa brings us every detail of the recent history of Afghanistan and the impact it has had on she and her family and her people, in general. This courageous and very bright young woman makes no effort to hide the hideous truths of the evil actions of the regime that ruled her country until late last year. Every horror she and her family personally witnessed and suffered through is here in this book. We also get a close glimpse into the psychological strength of Latifa and her female family members as they attempt to cope on a daily basis with being robbed of the most basic of liberties, from simply leaving their homes when they please, without a man to being able to laugh aloud or own photographs, keep their pet dog or play music in their homes. The oppression suffered by the Afghani people are probably amongst the worst I've encountered in any reading I've ever done on the subject of tyrannical regimes. Somehow, Latifa survives and is able to tell us this story, the truth about the events in Afghanistan and it's impact on the people.
p.s.-the woman who wrote the book Burned Alive was Palestinian so i figured this one was more related with the subject of our work. Maybe we should talk about this one instead of the other...tell me what you think =)
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