The Lovers - Softcover

Rod Nordland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473607027 ISBN 13: 9781473607026

Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart Inc., 2016

Synopsis

Lovers

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From the Back Cover:

Zakia and Ali grew up as neighbors and fell in love from afar. Defying their families and Afghan custom, the young lovers—both from different Muslim sects—eloped and went into hiding. When Rod Nordland came upon them, he felt obligated, having shared their story in the pages of the New York Times, to help them to safety—but there was a limit to how well he could protect them.

Despite more than a decade of American good intentions, women in Afghanistan are still subjected to some of the worst human rights violations in the world. Rod Nordland tells a compelling tale of forbidden love, governmental bungling, and reckless disregard for basic human rights, and illustrates the degree to which mysogyny persists in traditional Afghan culture. The Lovers is a story of one couple’s unshakable self-determination and the irrepressibility of human feeling in the face of a shockingly repressive society. 

About the Author:

Rod Nordland is a correspondent-at-large for the New York Times, working throughout the Middle East and South Asia. He was the paper's bureau chief in Kabul, where he continues to work. He shared a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in the United States, was a finalist for a Pulitzer in international reporting, studied as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and has worked as a foreign correspondent in over 150 countries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart Inc.
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1473607027
• ISBN 13: 9781473607026
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376