For example, under Taliban rule, a woman was not able to leave her house without a male relative present. It seemed like I was reading about something that should have happened FOREVER ago. I think the thing that threw me was that when the Taliban was ruling in the early 2000s, there were so many rules that and laws that I couldn’t believe that I was reading about something that had just happened 10 years ago. I don’t want to give a lot away in case you guys decide to read this book (and you should!), but she lived through a war and the reign of the Taliban and was literally in death’s way every day of her life for several years. She was born in 1975, so she’s only 8 years older than me, but I can’t even imagine living her life. She has seen and been through so much in her life that it put my life in perspective. It’s such a heart wrenching story about a woman who grew up in Afghanistan. I think I can honestly say that it changed my life. I finished reading this book (Letters to my Daughters: A Memoir) by Fawzia Koofi about a week ago and it absolutely blew me away. This review and more can be found on my blog Thus, Letters to My Daughtersis not only a record of her life, but also acts as a literal letter through which Fawzia can pass on her wisdom about justice and dignity to her daughters, not knowing for how long she will survive such attacks. Tragically, this choice has lead to security threats to her life by Islamic extremists. Outraged and deeply saddened by the injustice she saw around her, and by the tainting of her Islamic faith, she discovered politics for herself, following in her father's footsteps. Sadly, the arrival of the Taliban spelled an end to Fawzia's freedom. Fawziawent on to marry a man she loved, and they had two cherished daughters, Shohra and Shaharzad. As the civil war raged, Fawziadodged bullets and snipers to attend class, determined to be the first person in her family to receive an education. When he was murdered by the Mujahedeen, Fawziais illiterate mother escaped with her children and decided to send the ten-year-old Fawziato school. Her father was an incorruptible politician strongly attached to Afghan tradition. Fawziais the nineteenth child of twenty-three in a family with seven wives.
In writing Letters to My Daughters, Fawziahas created a fresh take on Afghan society and Islam, and a gripping account of a life lived under the most harrowing of circumstances. In this courageous memoir, Fawzia Koofi, Afghanistan's most popular female politician, gives us her first-hand account of Afghan history through the rule of the Mujahedeen and Taliban, her experiences of the Afghanistan War, and the effects of these events on the lives of women in Afghanistan.
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