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Escuela de Belleza de Kabul (2007)

por Deborah Rodriguez, Kristin Ohlson

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Suspiros de fantasmas de Rosa Mar#65533;a Britton: La decadencia, como perdida total de la inconsciencia, hab#65533;a sumido a todos quieres la rodeaban sin haberse percatado de su pedida. La conciencia de sus culpas y de su historia, seria el primer paso para enfrentar los enga#65533;os que la hab#65533;an definido hasta entonces. En poco tiempo, victima de su propia vida, Daniela se percata de que su profesi#65533;n-lo #65533;nico que hasta ese momento hab#65533;a sido perfecto-la hab#65533;a convertido en la mujer que nunca quiso ser. De repente se ve obligada a sopesar que rechazo el amor, rechazo a su madres y hasta descuido a la gente que depend#65533;a de ella y vio en el espejo otro y o m#65533;s amargo e infeliz que hacia posible a la mujer indiferente de la mascara. Dos muertes cercanas le traer#65533;an respuestas mas insospechadas sobre su pasado con le animo de aferrarse en definitiva a una conclusi#65533;n concreta y comprensible de sus dolor, de sus fracasos, de sus muertos..... Todo personaje atraviesa un transito doloroso en la furia irreductible por reconocerse en los otros, pero adem#65533;s Daniela pretende entenderlo todo a destiempo en su arrebato por salirse de una trampa que amenaza con destruir su mundo, sus pacientes, sus amigos, su familia... La historia estimula la duda, construye sobre sus escombros una nueva interrogante para seguir avanzando y darse cuenta que al final, que en realidad nunca quiso respuesta, solo el autoenga#65533;o necesario para no sufrir.… (más)
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The book takes place in the early 2000s when Ms. Rodgriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian effort. As a hairdresser, she was surrounded by doctors, nurses, therapists, and diplomats. Almost immediately, however, she realized that her skills were much sought after by locals and foreigners alike. As it turns out, hair shops were a few of the only businesses available to women to thrive in. Men weren’t allowed, as the women’s hair was uncovered, and this allowed them a form of independence.

I’ve wanted to read Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez and Kristin Ohlson since it came out in 2007, but never got a chance. That is until I found it in my local Little Free Library, and grabbed it. The book started great, with an interesting perspective on both NGOs and Afghan women. I enjoyed very much reading about the struggles and successes Ms. Rodgriguez had with her program.

I think it was a mistake for the author to make the book about her instead of the women she was trying to help. From reading the book it seems that she wanted to be the center of attention and a victim of circumstance. The book, while certainly might have been therapeutic, almost reads like a journal of a woman and her bad choices.

I found that aspect of the book to be uncanny, and taking away from the main cause. The author is proud that she was a liberated American woman in a conservative culture, earning her the nickname “Crazy Debbie”. However, she goes on to marry an Afghan… by arranged marriage… without knowing him. And she’s his second wife, as in… he already has a family and a baby on the way!

Granted her husband, Sam, does help her out a lot but, again, it takes the focus away from women themselves. It’s almost as if “Crazy Debbie” was bored in America and wanted an extraordinary adventure.

The book is very readable and does provide an informative window into the lives of Afghan women. I understood the book was written to promote the author’s charity and raise money to continue her program. This is an excellent book for discussion, as it raises many questions as well as provides a thoughtful window into another culture. ( )
  ZoharLaor | Mar 15, 2024 |
The details about life in Afghanistan, stories of the women who survived the war with Russia and the rule of the Taliban are interesting and informative. But there is much that is perplexing and even disingenuous. The author sleep walks into an arranged marriage with a man who already has a wife and children in Saudi Arabia. She fixes herself inside this system that has been responsible for the oppressive lives of the women she is there to help. The most potent feeling she can conjure for the other wife (who is treated as a servant in the home of their husband's parents) is a squeamishness about her father-in-law's suggestion that they meet. She identifies with many of the women in her school because of her previous marriage to an abusive spouse, and it seems like she would be informed by that experience in the choices that she makes. The sexual abuse of a young girl in her home that happened with Ali, her business partner and house mate, seem inevitable. She puts a stop to it when she witnesses it, regrets the acquaintance, and distances herself from him as soon as she can, but it seems like it went on for months or years before she caught on and wasn't it obvious all along? There were other instances of sexually abusive behavior from a housekeeper, but Debbie kept the woman around and it broke her heart to let her go. The book is more complicated in the questions that it begs than it is as a memoir of an intrepid traveler trying to do some good in the world. It seems like the author's intentions were good, but her motivations and impulses unexamined and maybe even harmful. ( )
  jennifergeran | Dec 23, 2023 |
I LOVED this book!
A beautiful story of one woman's journey to Kabul and the many women she teaches and learns from. I found myself loving the author and her no nonsense witty sweet view on her life there. I was in awe of all the things she did and her fearless attitude. ( )
  MsTera | Oct 10, 2023 |
I was unprepared for this book. That is all. ( )
  LinBee83 | Aug 23, 2023 |
An extraordinary experience related in ordinary prose. Rodriguez retells the stories of Afghan women she meets through her work with the Kabul Beauty School. Her own personality and reactions to the culture make for humorous and occasionally unbelievable reading. ( )
  rebwaring | Aug 14, 2023 |
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Luckily, I am a lady
Mariam of my own epoch

I have conscience,
Intelligence and talent
But am fated to continue
Existence
In captivity behind the
Bars of prison of life
As if I am a jail-bird

I want to declare my feelings
But nobody seems to realize me

I am being asked to stay thoroughly out of sight,
In the darkness
Why?
Because it is easy for them to disgrace me and discard me

They have covered me from head to toe
Amputated my legs
Shut my mouth

Oh!
I want to be known
If not as I am a female
But through my knowledge

Let the years go
Let them have my written words

One day they will ask whose
unique words are these

Maybe at that time they will
Know me as
a female who can do something

I am hopefull...
                                 Farida Alimi
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This book is dedicated to my father, Junior Turner, who passed away June 5, 2002, while I was on my first trip to Afghanistan. Dad, I never got a chance to tell you about Afghanistan and the school. You left me too soon. I know you would love Sam, my husband—he is just like you, but Afghan style. I know you would be worried, but also very happy that I am following my dream. I miss you.
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Suspiros de fantasmas de Rosa Mar#65533;a Britton: La decadencia, como perdida total de la inconsciencia, hab#65533;a sumido a todos quieres la rodeaban sin haberse percatado de su pedida. La conciencia de sus culpas y de su historia, seria el primer paso para enfrentar los enga#65533;os que la hab#65533;an definido hasta entonces. En poco tiempo, victima de su propia vida, Daniela se percata de que su profesi#65533;n-lo #65533;nico que hasta ese momento hab#65533;a sido perfecto-la hab#65533;a convertido en la mujer que nunca quiso ser. De repente se ve obligada a sopesar que rechazo el amor, rechazo a su madres y hasta descuido a la gente que depend#65533;a de ella y vio en el espejo otro y o m#65533;s amargo e infeliz que hacia posible a la mujer indiferente de la mascara. Dos muertes cercanas le traer#65533;an respuestas mas insospechadas sobre su pasado con le animo de aferrarse en definitiva a una conclusi#65533;n concreta y comprensible de sus dolor, de sus fracasos, de sus muertos..... Todo personaje atraviesa un transito doloroso en la furia irreductible por reconocerse en los otros, pero adem#65533;s Daniela pretende entenderlo todo a destiempo en su arrebato por salirse de una trampa que amenaza con destruir su mundo, sus pacientes, sus amigos, su familia... La historia estimula la duda, construye sobre sus escombros una nueva interrogante para seguir avanzando y darse cuenta que al final, que en realidad nunca quiso respuesta, solo el autoenga#65533;o necesario para no sufrir.

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