Title

Before the Taliban : living with war, hoping for peace / Mary Smith.

Author

Smith, Mary.

Publication

Aberdour : IYNX Publishing. 2001.

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Details

Description

vi, 262 p.; 22 cm.

Subjects

• Women > Afghanistan
• Smith, Mary (Poet) > Travel > Afghanistan
• Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions > 20th century
• Smith, Mary > Travel > Afghanistan

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Flea Bites, Power Cuts and Women with no Trousers -- Chicken Soup to Clear the Tubes -- Condoms and Abortions -- I Wont't Sell My Sister -- Go Safely, Come Back Quickly -- When You Can Eat Sugar ... -- Social Etiquette and Toilet Training -- Blessings on the Goat -- Stereotypes and Misconceptions -- What's Wrong with Eating Potatoes? -- Praying for a Husband -- Prudery and Penises -- Trouble with the Government Bread -- The Village of Love -- No Smoke! -- Who are these Taliban? -- Burnt Macaroni -- Wandering Navels -- Drunk Chickens -- Where are the Dollars? -- Grabbing the Goat -- Women's Voices Should Not Be Heard.

ISBN

095405833X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2002391644

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library