tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015818646159511165.post8040252648350918782..comments2024-03-28T08:45:43.788-04:00Comments on Denice's Day: The Underground Girls of KabulDenice Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17986804178687634451noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015818646159511165.post-61375992301840920122015-09-01T18:52:49.241-04:002015-09-01T18:52:49.241-04:00just looked it up...The sewing circles of Herat! x...just looked it up...The sewing circles of Herat! xxxSusan C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14282598209734296568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015818646159511165.post-25464592183614300452015-09-01T18:51:40.254-04:002015-09-01T18:51:40.254-04:00Hi Denice, I have read a few books on the children...Hi Denice, I have read a few books on the children and girls in these areas, so I was aware of this. This is what I love about authors and storytellers though, it is the education we receive by listening to those who have travelled further afield and can relate with little predjudice about what they saw. A read many years ago titled "the sewing circles of Karat" ......actually I have forgotten the name of the town but I think that is a good approximation. It was an excellent rebelling of how brave men and woman set up clandestine schools under the guise of sewing circles. It also went in the explain the many many layers of history of raids and invasions of Afghanistan and how each wave of western invaders failed to understand the rich culture and war like tribal makeup of the inhabitants. I learnt much more about Afghanistan from this story than I ever could from the filtered media, the author was not motivated by any political agenda but was a westerner who observed and relayed a story steeped in history. If we cannot learn our history we are doomed to repeat it.......and in that part of the world we so often repeat history. <br />It is heartening to know that there are so many families that bravely try to educate their daughters.Susan C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14282598209734296568noreply@blogger.com