The Silenced Cry
Subtitle: One Woman's Diary of a Journey to Afghanistan
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: August 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780312303518
Subjects: Asia - Central; Asia - Central Asia; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Middle East - History; Sociology Of Women; Social Science; Sociology; 20th century; Afghanistan; Description and travel; Social conditions; Women
First sentence: It has been just five days since I've returned to Europe.
Description: "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 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."--BOOK JACKET.