The Sky Is a Nest of Swallows: To Tell One's Story is a Human Right
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615607896 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 90 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Voices of Afghan women no longer silenced" according to Beth Grader. Imagine being unable to live life with the simple freedom of making a choice. The women who wrote these heart wrenching poems and prose suffer unbearable isolation. It is amazing how can they still hold such beautiful thoughts of love and hope. I was humbled by their strength of spirit and natural ability to express. LIG said The Sky Is A Nest Of Swallows. What a great insight to the life of Afghanistan woman and the lives they live in their culture. The touching short stories, the meaningful poems are very touching. Some very sad, even tearful; but you get the feeling that woman are going to be a strong part of the future of Afghanistan. Very similar to how woman hav. V. M. Badertscher said Beautiful Writing from Not So Beautiful Lives. The only reason I voted this four instead of five is that it is a very slim collection, and leaves you wanting more. The Afghan Women's Writing Project is an excellent one, and I'm happy to support it. But the book has intrinsic value beyond the charitable aspect. The writing here is heartfelt and heart-wrenching. E
I learned if I stand, everyone will stand, other women in my country will stand." —Roya. Since the project was founded in May 2009, over 90 Afghan women have participated in the AWWP mentorship program, honing their writing skills in English. A Collection of Poems and Essays by Afghan Women Writers written in the context of the Afghan Women Writers' Project (awwproject) The mission of the AWWP is to support the voices of Afghan women with the belief that to tell one’s story is a human right. As one of the writers included in this collection states: "I took my pen to write and at first I was afraid: what to write? about what? But this was a project to write about everything, and I took the pen; I didn’t write from outside of my heart, I began to write about whatever was in my heart… The w