by Nadia Hashimi
As depicted by Nadia Hashimi in The Pearl that Broke Its Shell, there is only one correct way to be a woman. First, girls are obedient daughters, then they are obedient wives who have sons. There is only one tiny exception; everything else is deeply wrong or criminal. The exceptions are the bacha po...
I don't know about you, but I had only recently heard of the Afghan practice of bacha posh, and I hadn't even heard the term until this book. I had no idea what I was getting into. I have to say that what I loved the most about the book was that it was composed of parallel stories in two different ...
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi I don't know about you, but I had only recently heard of the Afghan practice of bacha posh, and I hadn't even heard the term until this book. I had no idea what I was getting into. I have to say that what I loved the most about the book was that it was...
I had never heard of the Afghan concept of 'bacha posh', where a family with only daughters could decide to dress one of the girls as a boy and have her/him permitted to behave as a boy; attending school with other boys and being excused the household chores like a boy would be, able to go out and d...
THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL, BY NADIA HASHIMIThe friend who recommended this one to me said it was heavy, but a good read. It is, indeed, very heavy, and quite frustrating. I've been reading lots of very heavy books lately. Apparently, women write a lot of those.Synopsis: Rahima, a young Afghani ...
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, written by Nadia Hashimi, read by Gin Hammond, is the story of Afghanistan, its history and its people. This is a story about a country that has not advanced very much over the years, a country that has remained in the past, marched in place, continued to be ruled by ...
THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL by Nadia Hashimi Two women who were “bocha posh” in their youth are the two heroines of this double story. Rahima is the modern girl who is turned into a boy in order for her family to survive in a patriarchal society where girls/women are forced into the extreme backg...
I enjoyed the story. The ending of both stories was good as they indicated an optimism and awareness of their opportunities and willingness to take them. The endings were also sad as the country had regressed in terms of their treatment of women and had failed to live up to their own hopes and expec...
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