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Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills--as doctors, nurses, and therapists--seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother of two from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she soon 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 an idea was born. With the help of corporate and international sponsors, the Kabul Beauty School welcomed its first class in 2003. Well meaning but sometimes brazen, Rodriguez stumbled through language barriers, overstepped cultural customs, and constantly juggled the challenges of a postwar nation even as she learned how to empower her students to become their families' breadwinners by learning the fundamentals of coloring techniques, haircutting, and makeup.Yet within the small haven of the beauty school, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts: the newlywed who faked her virginity on her wedding night, the twelve-year-old bride sold into marriage to pay her family's debts, the Taliban member's wife who pursued her training despite her husband's constant beatings. Through these and other stories, Rodriguez found the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again, Afghan style.With warmth and humor, Rodriguez details the lushness of a seemingly desolate region and reveals the magnificence behind the burqa. Kabul Beauty School is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women who come together and learn the arts of perms, friendship, and freedom.From the Hardcover edition.
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Beauty shops, Biography & Autobiography, Kabul Beauty School, Muslim women, Nonfiction, Social aspects of Beauty shops, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Sociology, Women, Women's Studies, Social aspects, Kabul, Cosmetology, Women In Islam, Social Science, Gender Studies, Islamic Studies, Women's Studies - General, Biography & Autobiography / Women, Beauty & Grooming - General, 21st century, Afghanistan, Muslimska kvinnor, Vardagsliv och traditioner, Manners and customs, Large type books, Kabul (afghanistan), Afghanistan, social life and customsPlaces
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Kabu'er mei rong xue xiao: Kabul Beauty School
2008, Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi ye gu fen you xian gong si
in Chinese
- Chu ban
9571349232 9789571349237
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Kabul Beauty School : Beneath the Veil of Afghan Women
2007, Random House
Hardcover
0340935235 9780340935231
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Kabul Beauty School: Beneath the Veil of Afghan Women
April 19, 2007, Blackstone Audio Inc.
Audio Cassette
in English
- Unabridged edition
078614923X 9780786149230
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Kabul Beauty School: beneath the veil of Afghan women
2007, Random House
in English
1400065593 9781400065592
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Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
April 10, 2007, Random House
Hardcover
in English
1400065593 9781400065592
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Kabul Beauty School
2007, Random House Publishing Group
Electronic resource
in English
1588366073 9781588366078
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Kabul Beauty School: an American woman goes behind the veil
2007, Center Point Pub.
in English
1602850097 9781602850095
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