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...psychological hobbling of women that is akin to Chinese foot binding. It's also life threatening. Try negotiating a busy Kabul street--around donkey carts, careening buses and the Taliban roaring by in Datsun pickups--when your hearing is muffled and your vision is reduced to a narrow mesh grid...
...psychological hobbling of women that is akin to Chinese foot binding. It's also life threatening. Try negotiating a busy Kabul street?around donkey carts, careening buses and the Taliban roaring by in Datsun pickups?when your hearing is muffled and your vision is reduced to a narrow mesh grid...
...psychological hobbling of women that's akin to Chinese foot binding. It's also life-threatening. Imagine trying to negotiate crossing a busy Kabul street, dodging donkey carts, careening buses and Taliban roaring by in their Datsun pickups when your vision is reduced to a narrow, mesh grid. The plus point of a burqa is that it confers invisibility on a woman. In lawless Afghanistan, that's a necessary shield...
...psychological hobbling of women that is akin to Chinese foot binding. It's also life threatening. Try negotiating a busy Kabul street--around donkey carts, careening buses and the Taliban roaring by in Datsun pickups--when your hearing is muffled and your vision is reduced to a narrow mesh grid...
...holidays we all revert back to our younger, less confident selves, trying desperately to mesh our adult existences and expectations into the sticky and alluring web of childhood roles and memories. This year, we vow, we will behave like someone who has her own apartment, pays her own bills, holds down a steady job and negotiates the pitfalls of a long-term relationship. We will not dissolve into tears when well-meaning neighbors ask us when are we getting married, already. We will not stomp up the stairs and kick our bedroom door closed if someone questions our take...