El grito silenciado
by Ana Tortajada
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"Inspired by a lecture in Barcelona given by a leading member of RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan), the radical feminist women's group who work under cover as the only real opposition to the Taliban, Ana Tortajada, an experienced Spanish journalist, decided to make a trip to Afghanistan in the summer of 2000. She wanted to learn more about the lives of Afghan women, to visit their homes and the places where they worked as clandestine teachers and doctors, to meet show more their families, to listen to their stories, and see how they lived under the veil." "Tortajada's journey takes her from the slums and refugee camps in Peshawar, along the Pakistani-Afghan border, to Kabul. She writes about the revolutionary efforts of RAWA, the genocidal campaign of the Taliban to extinguish the Hazara ethnicity in Afghanistan, the failure of the international community to ameliorate the alarming situation of Afghan refugees, and offers a firsthand account of the atrocities Afghan women have been suffering at the hands of the Taliban." "We see just how debilitated and wretched the conditions were, yet we also see people who still fought for freedom, democracy, and basic human rights. Candid and compassionate, never condescending or pitying, The Silenced Cry is a human, approachable, and provocative look at the best and worst in the human spirit."--Jacket. show lessTags
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La periodista Ana Tortajada viajó a Afganistán en el verano de 2000. Quería conocer la vida de las mujeres afganas, visitar sus hogares y dónde trabajan como maestras y médicas clandestinas, conocer a sus familias y ver cómo viven bajo el velo. El viaje de Tortajada la lleva desde los barrios marginales y los campos de refugiados de Peshawar hasta Kabul. Escribe sobre los esfuerzos de RAWA (Asociación Revolucionaria de Mujeres de Afganistán), el fracaso de la comunidad internacional para ayudar a los refugiados afganos y ofrece un relato de primera mano de las atrocidades que los talibanes infligen a las mujeres afganas.
Mar 27, 2023Spanish
GESLUIERD DOOR AFGHANISTAN is een zeer aangrijpend en indringend verslag van het leven van Afghaanse vrouwen onder het meedogenloze regime van de Taliban in Afghanistan. Ana Tortajada schreef dit boek op basis van de ervaringen die zij en twee reisgenotes opdeden tijdens een reis naar dit land. Na aanvankelijke hindernissen om Afghanistan binnen te komen, bezoeken de drie van top tot teen gesluierde vrouwen Kabul en andere steden en dorpen. Zij komen daar in aanraking met Afghaanse vrouwen en krijgen inzicht in de manier waarop zij hun dagelijks leven leiden. Ana Tortajada laat zien hoe deze vrouwen proberen te overleven wanneer alles hun is ontnomen, tot aan de kleinste vrijheden toe.
Oct 20, 2020Dutch
72-1
Oct 16, 2022Spanish
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