And women doctors were not allowed to work, essentially cutting off medical care for women. Infraction of this law will lead to the immediate marriage of the offenders." No wearing of bright colors or lipstick no medical care from a male doctor. "A girl is not allowed to converse with a young man. but no one truly believed they would manage to enter Kabul." The bizarre edicts of the women-suppressing regime slowly become a reality: women weren't allowed outside the home unless they were shrouded in a "chadri" (which covers the face and arms, unlike a burka, which covers the entire body and-according to Latifa-is worn only in distant provinces) and accompanied by a male relative. She writes, "We knew the Taliban were not far away.
Latifa (who writes under a pseudonym) was a 16-year-old aspiring journalist when her brother rushed home one day in late 1996 with word that the white flag of the Taliban flew over their school and mosque. Readers who want to know what life was really like when the Taliban ruled Kabul should turn off CNN and read this book.
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