{"product_id":"the-lovers-paperback-1","title":"The Lovers: Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, the True Story of How They Defied Their Families and Escaped an Honor Killing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRod Nordland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting, real-life equivalent of \u003cem\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/em\u003e--an astonishingly powerful and profoundly moving story of a young couple willing to risk everything for love that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about women's rights in the Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZakia and Ali were from different tribes, but they grew up on neighboring farms in the hinterlands of Afghanistan. By the time they were young teenagers, Zakia, strikingly beautiful and fiercely opinionated, and Ali, shy and tender, had fallen in love. Defying their families, sectarian differences, cultural conventions, and Afghan civil and Islamic law, they ran away together only to live under constant threat from Zakia's large and vengeful family, who have vowed to kill her to restore the family's honor. They are still in hiding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite a decade of American good intentions, women in Afghanistan are still subjected to some of the worst human rights violations in the world. Rod Nordland, then the Kabul bureau chief of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, had watched these abuses unfold for years when he came upon Zakia and Ali, and has not only chronicled their plight, but has also shepherded them from danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e will do for women's rights generally what Malala's story did for women's education. It is an astonishing story about self-determination and the meaning of love that illustrates, as no policy book could, the limits of Western influence on fundamentalist Islamic culture and, at the same time, the need for change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliant, deeply reported account of two young people who risked their lives to be together, Pulitzer Prize winner Rod Nordland puts a face on the debate about women's rights in the fundamentalist Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZakia and Ali were from different tribes, but grew up on neighboring farms in the hinterlands of Afghanistan. Separated by custom at puberty, they fell in love from afar. Defying family, cultural convention, and Islamic law, the two lovers eloped and, pursued by Zakia's family, went into hiding. A harrowing, eye--opening story of one couple's unshakable self--determination, \u003cem\u003eThe Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e puts a face on the debate about women's rights in the fundamentalist Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e--Booklist, Starred Review\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliant, deeply reported account of two young people who risked their lives to be together, Pulitzer Prize winner Rod Nordland puts a face on the debate about women's rights in the fundamentalist Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZakia and Ali were from different tribes, but grew up on neighboring farms in the hinterlands of Afghanistan. Separated by custom at puberty, they fell in love from afar. Defying family, cultural convention, and Islamic law, the two lovers eloped and, pursued by Zakia's family, went into hiding. A harrowing, eye--opening story of one couple's unshakable self--determination, \u003cem\u003eThe Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e puts a face on the debate about women's rights in the fundamentalist Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42091034706055,"sku":"9780062378835","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/188305813ad1b0a93f1672ee292038c2.webp?v=1732288127","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-lovers-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}