It was later released on 30 September in the UK. It is written by journalist and foreign correspondent Jenny Nordberg and was published on 16 September 2014. However, the book also delves deeper into those bacha posh that remain boys even after puberty. The girls will usually serve as a son for the family until she hits puberty. Bacha posh translates from Dari as "dressed up like a boy." It is a term used in Afghanistan and in this book to describe children who are born as girls but are dressed up, raised and treated as if they were boys.
The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan is a book by Jenny Nordberg that documents the bacha posh of Afghanistan. Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award, Nonfiction.An IPI Global Observatory Recommended Book for 2015.Buzzfeed's Best Nonfiction Books of 2014.The Underground Girls of Kabul is published by Virago (£14.99). This powerful account of powerlessness resonates with the most silenced voices in society. Nordberg paints an evocative portrait of Kabul and the women who are, in whatever way they can, trying to take their lives into their own hands. I had to kill many of my dreams,” explains Azita. “I never want my daughters to suffer in the ways I have suffered. Turning their daughters into sons might be a way not only of conceding to, but also defying society, says Nordberg, since Azita wants to show her youngest daughter the freedom boys enjoy – flying a kite, running as fast as you can, looking people in the eye, speaking up without fear and being listened to. Several absorbing case studies fill the book, spanning a spectrum of class and age, examining the lasting impact of bacha posh on tomboy teen Zahra, married mother Shukria, and Nader, who remains in male disguise into adulthood. We have a long time before the woman is considered a human in this society.” Although the Taliban fell from power in 2001, much of what they decreed regarding women continues to hold sway, explains female parliamentarian Azita most progress for women is limited to urban areas, and in remote areas little has changed for women who often endure violence and abuse: “They are still like servants.
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