My life of hell in an Afghan harem

[Pete]

My life of hell in an Afghan harem - Phyllis Chesler

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books/my-life-of-hell-in-an-afghan-harem-phyllis-chesler/story-fn9412vp-1226724821753#ixzz2fg7AeUOU

"I ONCE lived in a harem in Afghanistan.

I did not enter the kingdom as a diplomat, soldier, teacher, journalist or foreign aid worker. I came as a young Jewish bride of the son of one of the country's wealthiest men. I was held in a type of captivity — but it's not as if I had been kidnapped.

I walked into it of my own free will.........."

She is one lucky lady. A very interesting read - not that any feminists will care.

[mojaveman]

That story would make a good movie. It also makes one wonder how much progress the Afghans have made in the past 50 years.

[JHD]

Good read. Thanks for sharing. As they changed the name of the husband and family in the book, I am betting he is still living and still in a position of prominence there.

[medic&commo]

Wish that this would be an eye opener, a call to action about women in the Muslim world; but I'm a realist - this will go unheeded.

m&c