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Few westerners will ever be able to understand Muslim or Afghan society unless they are part of a Muslim family. Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler, a Jewish-American girl from Brooklyn, embarked on an adventure that has lasted for more than a half-century. In 1961, when she arrived in Kabul with her Afghan bridegroom, authorities took away her American passport. Chesler was now the property of her husband's family and had no rights of citizenship. Back in Afghanistan, her husband, a wealthy, westernized foreign college student with dreams of reforming his country, reverted to traditional and tribal customs. Chesler found herself unexpectedly trapped in a posh polygamous family. She fought against her seclusion and lack of freedom, her Afghan family's attempts to convert her from Judaism to Islam, and her husband's wish to permanently tie her to the country through childbirth. Drawing upon her personal diaries, Chesler recounts her ordeal.
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-12%| Title | American bride in Kabul |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | Biography |
| Author | Phyllis Chesler |
| ISBN | 9789933655488 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Native Title | عروس أمريكية في كابول |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Pages | 359 |
| Native Author Name | فيليس تشيسلر |
| Size | 22 cm |
