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Title: The lovers : Afghanistan's Romeo & Juliet : the true story of how they defied their families and escaped an honor killing / Rod Nordland.

Publisher:	New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Copyright:	©2016.
Edition:	First edition.

LOCATION	CALL #	VOL.	STATUS	OPACMSG
Warrenton Adult Non-Fiction	958.1047 NOR		AVAILABLE	---

Description:	xviii, 362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm
Summary:	An account illuminating the ongoing debate about women's rights in the Muslim world documents the true story of how two people from different Afghani tribes pursued marriage against Islamic law and remain in hiding from relatives who would kill them to restore family honor.
Contents:	Under the Gaze of the Buddhas -- Dead Father's Daughter -- Zakia Makes Her Move -- A Rabbi Among the Mullahs -- A Beautiful Place to Hide -- Mystery Benefactor -- Honor Hunters -- The Irreconcilables -- Birds in a Cage -- Reluctant Celebrities -- Back to the Hindu Kush -- Mullah Mohammad Jan -- In the Land of the Bottom-Feeders -- A Dog with No Name.
Bibliog.:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-346) and index.
Subject:	Man-woman relationships -- Afghanistan -- Case studies.
	Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
	Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
	Afghanistan -- Biography.
ISBN/ISSN:	9780062378828 (hardcover)
	0062378821 (hardcover)