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The lovers : Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet : the true story of how they defied their families and escaped an honor killing / Rod Nordland. by Nordland, Rod. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2016. Call #: 958.1047 N832L Subjects Man-woman relationships -- Afghanistan -- Biography.   Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Women's rights -- Afghanistan.   Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Afghanistan -- Biography. ISBN:  9780062465764 (pbk.) 9780062378828 (hc.) Alternate title:  Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet : the true story of how they defied their families and escaped an honor killing Description:  xviii, 362 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "A young couple willing to risk everything for love that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about women's rights in the Muslim world. Zakia and Ali were from different tribes, but they grew up on neighboring farms in the hinterlands of Afghanistan. By the time they were young teenagers, Zakia, strikingly beautiful and fiercely opinionated, and Ali, shy and tender, had fallen in love. Defying their families, sectarian differences, cultural conventions, and Afghan civil and Islamic law, they ran away together only to live under constant threat from Zakia's large and vengeful family, who have vowed to kill her to restore the family's honor. They are still in hiding. Women in Afghanistan are still subjected to some of the worst human rights violations in the world. Rod Nordland, then the Kabul bureau chief of the New York Times, had watched these abuses unfold for years when he came upon Zakia and Ali, and has not only chronicled their plight, but has also shepherded them from danger. An astonishing story about self-determination and the meaning of love that illustrates the limits of Western influence on fundamentalist Islamic culture and, at the same time, the need for change"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.1047 N832L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 958.1047 N832L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.1047 N832L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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