(STEWE-2) When the Taliban raid Najmah’s house it is the start of Najmah developing from a little kid to a more adult like role‚ and she realizes the harsh reality: the real monsters aren’t the ones hiding under the bed. “”No!’ I shout‚ and Mada-jan holds me against her‚ keeping
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Terrorism in Pakistan; Causes‚ Effects‚ Solutions Once a convicted "terrorist"‚ Nelson Mandela‚ wrote in his autobiography: "the hard facts were that 50 years of non-violence had brought (my) people nothing but more repressive legislation‚ and fewer rights". If the world leaders do not believe that global fairness‚ peace and human dignity is in the best interest of the global community‚ then our fate may indeed be akin to the vision of Shelley’s And each dweller‚ panic-stricken‚ Felt his
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Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and Its Others Author(s): Lila Abu-Lughod Reviewed work(s): Source: American Anthropologist‚ New Series‚ Vol. 104‚ No. 3 (Sep.‚ 2002)‚ pp. 783-790 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Anthropological Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3567256 . Accessed: 18/01/2012 15:55 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at
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in pakistan until the taliban prevented her to attend school just because her gender. This girls name is malala and she pursues gender equality and her right to an education instead of getting pushed over by the people preventing her from attending school. When malala was eleven she wrote a speech called “How dare the taliban take away my basic right to an education” and she went around the world publicly speaking out against gender inequality. Malala was shot by the taliban to be silenced but instead
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for girls’ education since she was 11. In 2009‚ Malala started blogging about living under Taliban rule for the BBC. She later became a national figure in her country‚ appearing on television as a spokesperson for girls’ education. Saatchi: But then‚ when she was only 15 years old‚ she was shot by the Taliban. Malala was aboard a bus in 2012‚ campaigning for education of girls in Pakistan‚ when the Taliban reportedly hijacked the bus and singled her out‚ shooting her in the head. Layla: On 12 July
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around the world. The women of Afghanistan have been brutally beaten‚ publicly flogged and killed for violating Taliban rules. This began after the Taliban seized control over Kabul‚ the capital of Afghanistan in 1996. The women and girls were stripped from their basic rights which put Afghanistan into a brutal state of gender apartheid. According to the Feminist Majority Foundation‚ the Taliban imposed extreme rules that banished women from the work force‚ closed schools for girls‚ expelled women from
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The Kite Runner This is an historical novel about the pre-Russian invasion and pre-Taliban rule of Afghanistan‚ as well life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule and life in a post-Taliban Afghanistan. Although the story is fictitious‚ the information about the political‚ social‚ and cultural systems of this Middle Eastern country provides a contrast to the contemporary headlines about Afghanistan primarily being home to terrorist cells. The Kite Runner paints a realistic portrait of a country
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In the novel Parvana by Deborah Ellis there were many characters who were affected by the war in Afghanistan and one of them is Parvana. Parvana had many experiences some of them were cruelty of war‚ cruelty of the Taliban‚ the discrimination against women and friendship. Firstly‚ parvana experiences cruelty of war in Afghanistan. “ Bombs had been a part in Parvana’s whole life”. This shows how her mind be tuned to only seeing destruction such as war‚ bombs‚ injuries‚ loss of houses‚ poverty
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During the war with the Soviets and the subsequent civil war that followed over 1 million afghans lost their lives and nearly 1/3 of their population took refuge in foreign countries (Byman‚ 2005). This set up the scene for the takeover of the Taliban. The Taliban gained support from the people for having a reputation of faith and honesty. As the movement grew it became more extreme leading the country further into devastation. The country fell into the
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and its allies. Pakistan‚ perhaps the most influential since it had a long history of dealing with the Taliban and had in depth knowledge of the terrain and surrounding area. Chairperson‚ Department of Political Science‚ the Islamia University of Bahawalpur‚ Professor Razia Musarrat claims that “Pakistan’s geographical location‚ its nearness with Afghanistan‚ its close relations with the Taliban regime‚ its deep knowledge of the rugged terrain of Afghanistan‚ and its history of Cold War alliance
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