Thursday, September 23, 2021

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son Book, by Homeira Qaderi

Publisher Harper Collins, December 1, 2020  

A book review, by Irene Orton

An exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother’s unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Time to share with everyone this great book that I just finished.  The title is:  Dancing in the Mosque by Homeira Qaden.  With all that is happening in Afghanistan I felt compelled to pick up this book in my local library.  I was not disappointed.

 

This 212 page book was compelling, as a courageous mother in Afghanistan she writes this memoir about the love she has for this child in a country that shuts women away from everything that we hold true and dear here in the United States.  I learned so much about society and the treatment of women in this country.  Homeira was no ordinary women, and she was constantly fighting for the rights of women in a very theocratic and patriarchal society.  At 13, she risked her freedom, and she defied the law to teach reading and writing to children.

 

This memoir is a letter to her son whom she was forced to leave behind.  This books serves as a wonderful invitation to reflect on the meaning of motherhood, sacrifice, and survival.  How far would we go to protect ourselves, our families and our dignity?

 

I could not put this book down!!!

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