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02404aam a2200361 i 4500 001 48260E4CCAD811ECB187E7395AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220503065729 008 220411t20222020nyu e 000 0aeng d 010 $a bc2043485480 020 $a 0062970321 020 $a 9780062970329 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1310237295 040 $a WLM $b eng $c WLM $e rda $d WLM $d SILO 082 04 $a 958.1045 $2 23 100 1 $a Qaderi, Homeira, $e author. 245 10 $a Dancing in the mosque : $b an Afghan mother's letter to her son / $c Homeira Qaderi ; translated by Zaman Stanizai. 260 $a New York, NY : $b HarperPerennial, $c 2022. 300 $a 218 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent suicide explosions. With the city and the military on edge, it was not uncommon for an armed soldier to point his gun at the pregnant woman's bulging stomach, terrified that she was hiding a bomb. Propelled by the love she held for her soon-to-be-born child, Homeira walked through blood and wreckage to reach the hospital doors. But the joy of her beautiful son's birth was soon overshadowed by other dangers that would threaten her life. No ordinary Afghan woman, Homeira refused to cower under the strictures of a misogynistic social order. Defying the law, she risked her freedom to teach children reading and writing and fought for women's rights. Dancing in the Mosque is a mother's letter to a son she was forced to leave behind. In telling her story -- and that of Afghan women -- Homeira challenges you to reconsider the meaning of motherhood, sacrifice, and survival. Her story asks you to consider the lengths you would go to protect yourself, your family, and your dignity. 600 10 $a Qaderi, Homeira. 650 0 $a Women $z Afghanistan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women teachers $z Afghanistan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women authors $z Afghanistan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women's rights $z Afghanistan. 650 0 $a Motherhood. 651 0 $a Afghanistan $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a Afghanistan $x History $y 1989-2001. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Stanizai, Zaman, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220503071516.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=48260E4CCAD811ECB187E7395AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search