Kabul Beauty School : an American woman goes behind the veil
Rodriguez, Deborah
Kabul Beauty School : an American woman goes behind the veil / Deborah Rodriguez ; with Kristin Ohlson. - Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Publishing , c2007. - 275 p. ; 22 cm. - Large print books .
Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian aid group. Surrounded by people whose skills--as doctors, nurses, and therapists--seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good haircut and by Afghan women, who have a long and proud tradition of running their own beauty salons. Thus the idea for the Kabul Beauty School was born. Within that small haven, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts, ultimately giving her the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again, Afghan style.--From publisher description.
9781602850095 1400065593
2006050384
Women---Social life and customs---Afghanistan---Kabul
Muslim women---Social life and customs---Afghanistan---Kabul---21st century
Kabul (Afghanaistan)---Social life and customs---21st century
LARP 305.48 ROD
Kabul Beauty School : an American woman goes behind the veil / Deborah Rodriguez ; with Kristin Ohlson. - Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Publishing , c2007. - 275 p. ; 22 cm. - Large print books .
Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian aid group. Surrounded by people whose skills--as doctors, nurses, and therapists--seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good haircut and by Afghan women, who have a long and proud tradition of running their own beauty salons. Thus the idea for the Kabul Beauty School was born. Within that small haven, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts, ultimately giving her the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again, Afghan style.--From publisher description.
9781602850095 1400065593
2006050384
Women---Social life and customs---Afghanistan---Kabul
Muslim women---Social life and customs---Afghanistan---Kabul---21st century
Kabul (Afghanaistan)---Social life and customs---21st century
LARP 305.48 ROD
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