The Sewing Circles of Herat
Title: The Sewing Circles of Herat
Author: Christina Lamb
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 2002
Purchase: Amazon
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Christinalamb.net: Christina Lamb stumbled across the Golden Needle Ladies’ Sewing Circle, a group apparently dedicated to one of the few female pastimes that the Taliban regime allowed. But it was much more than that.
The sewing circle was in fact the cover for a heroic act of resistance: teaching young women about literature – utterly forbidden by the Taliban. It was just this sort of spirit, courage and humanity that had seduced Christina Lamb from her first visit to Afghanistan during the Russian occupation in the 1980s.
This book is the story of her love affair with that breathtaking yet tragic country. It is a story of hope and remarkable people: of befriending the man who would become President of Afghanistan long ago when his dream was to become a diplomat; of travelling around with motorcycling mullahs who would later found the Taliban; and of a young woman called Marri, who dreams of dancing in a red silk dress while forced to hide herself under a burqa.
