Book Review: “Raising My Voice” by Malalai Joya

Book Review: Raising My Voice by Malalai Joya The hold I studied is Raising my voice by Malalai Joya. This is the laughable story of the award winning Afghani woman who dares to direct out. She was born in Western Afghanistan. Three days after(prenominal) she was born, a soviet- clog uped coup changed her life forever. Within a year, Afghanistan was an active country, and she says since then war is all we Afghans have known. (p.7, 2009) Her childhood was worn-out(a) in refugee camps in Iran and Pakistan. Her family were forced to leave Afghanistan to avoid the war. This was not a welcoming experience. Afghans were seen as second-class humans by the Iranian government. (p.19, 2009) Her male parent who was a Doctor was forced to do difficult jobs for very low wages, simply because he was an Afghan and not Iranian. Her family spent four years living in terrible conditions as exiles in Iran. About 85,000 Afghans were squeezed into filthy, over-crowded camps. We were neglected and forgotten, where we scorched in the heat of the day and shivered at night. (p.20, 2009) Malalais father believed so strongly in the value of education, even for girls, so to him, what was even worse than these living conditions were the fact that there were no schools in these camps.

Afghan children were not allowed to attend Iranian schools and for this reason, her family inflexible to leave Iran and move to Pakistan. It was in Pakistan, that Malalai first attended a school. The school was the only school that allowed Afghan female refugees to attend. Malalai authentically enjoyed her classes and immediately valued the importance of education. In 1992, when Malalai was fourteen, her family moved back to Afghanistan. However, it wasnt long before she would move back to Pakistan because it was further too unsafe to live in Afghanistan. Young girls were macrocosm abducted, raped and killed by roaming gangs. (p.30, 2009) At night, armed fighters of criminal mujahadeen groups would often walk right into peoples... If you want to stun a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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