Burqas, Foulards et Minijupes

“It’s a riveting book, a series of interviews with women in Afghanistan who lived through the Russian invasion, the civil war and the Taliban. They are incredibly moving narratives about things so awful that you almost can’t get your mind around them. For instance, during the civil war girls were taken from their school and forced to marry military commanders. On the positive side, women became teachers during the Taliban because they needed to support their families. It’s an intimate look at the resilience of women during war.” Read more...

The best books on Women and War

Gayle Lemmon, Journalist

This book (only available in French) consists of a series of interviews with women in Afghanistan who lived through the Russian invasion, the civil war and the Taliban. The author, Anne Lancelot, lived in Kabul for eight years working for humanitarian agencies. The book has heartbreaking stories of the ordeals women had to suffer individually and collectively, but it is also an intimate picture of the resilience of women in war.

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