Land of the unconquerable : the lives of contemporary Afghan women PDF
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The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Anne G. Lipow Endowment Fund for Social Justice and Human Rights of the University of California Press Foundation, which was established by Stephen M. Silberstein. Land of the Unconquerable Land of the Unconquerable The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women EDITED BY Jennifer Heath and Ashraf Zahedi University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2011 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging- in-Publication Data Land of the unconquerable : the lives of contemporary Afghan women / edited by Jennifer Heath and Ashraf Zahedi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-520-26185-3 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-520-26186-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Women— Afghanistan—Social conditions—21st century. I. Heath, Jennifer. II. Zahedi, Ashraf, 1947– HQ1735.6.L37 2011 305.48′891593—dc22 2010039318 Manufactured in the United States of America 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on Cascades Enviro 100, a 100% post consumer waste, recycled, de-inked fiber. FSC recycled certified and processed chlorine free. It is acid free, Ecologo certified, and manufactured by BioGas energy. To Nazi Etemadi, Judy Hussie-Taylor, and Soraya Omar —JKH To Ashok Mehta —AZ And for the women of Afghanistan. May you soon have peace and justice. Humanity does not gradually progress from combat to combat until it arrives at universal reciprocity, where the rule of law finally replaces warfare; humanity installs each of its violences in a system of rules and thus proceeds from domination to domination. —Michel Foucault You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew. —Albert Einstein To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. . . . The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory. —Howard Zinn Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Jennifer Heath PART I. PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women’s Status Shireen Khan Burki 2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereotypes, and Afghan Women’s Agency Margaret A. Mills 3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women’s Resilience Anne E. Brodsky 4. Don’t Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women Wahid Omar 5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube Dinah Zeiger PART II. A WOMAN’S PLACE 6. Women’s Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? Anna Larson 7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts Massouda Jalal, Malalai Joya, Fawzia Koofi, and Azita Rafat 8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison Lizette Potgieter 9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul Alisa Tang 10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan Deborah J. Smith PART III. TO BE WHOLE IN BODY AND MIND 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan Sima Samar 12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife’s Experiences Pamela Chandler 13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades Mary MacMakin 14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security Elizabeth Stites 15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health Nahid Aziz
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