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Book SynopsisA sweeping examination of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable individuals and the myriad of problems that confront them, Children of Afghanistan not only explores the host of crises that has led the United Nations to call the country “the worst place on earth t
Trade Review"This book is worth reading because it makes clear that childhood represents the future of societies and highlights the need to challenge the adultocentric view." * Allegra *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction (Jennifer Heath)
- Part I. The Way We Were; The Way We're Seen
- Chapter 1. Before the Wars: Memories of Childhood in the Pre- Soviet Era (Amina Kator-Mubarez)
- Chapter 2. Narratives of Afghan Childhood: Risk, Resilience, and the Experiences that Shape the Development of Afghanistan as a People and a Nation (Anne E. Brodsky)
- Chapter 3. Jumping Rope in Prison: The Representation of Afghan Children in Film (Teresa Cutler-Broyles)
- Part II. Ties That Bind: The Family in Rebound
- Chapter 4. Love, Fear, and Discipline in Afghan Families (Deborah J. Smith)
- Chapter 5. Children Who Live with Their Mothers in Prison (Esther Hyneman)
- Chapter 6. Little Brides and Bridegrooms: Systemic Failure, Cultural Response (Sharifa Sharif)
- Part III. Survival by Any Means Possible
- Chapter 7. Confronting Child Labor (Amanda Sim)
- Chapter 8. The Parakeet Boys: Performing Education in the Streets of Kabul (Wahid Omar)
- Chapter 9. Child Soldiering in Afghanistan (Delphine Boutin)
- Chapter 10. Legal Protection: Offering Aid and Comfort (Hangama Anwari)
- Part IV. To Be Whole in Mind and Body
- Chapter 11. Children's Health: The Challenge of Survival (Steven Solter)
- Chapter 12. Food Security and Nutrition for Afghan Children (Fitsum Assefa, Annalies Borrel, and Charlotte Dufour)
- Chapter 13. Desperately Seeking Harun: Children with Disabilities (Lael Adams Mohib)
- Chapter 14. "Life Feeds on Hope": Family Mental Health, Culture, and Resilience (Mark Eggerman and Catherine Panter-Brick)
- Part V. Education: Nurturing the Future
- Chapter 15. Education in Transition: A Key Concern for Young Afghan Returnees (Mamiko Saito)
- Chapter 16. Primary and Secondary Education: Exponential Growth and Prospects for the Future (Omar Qargha)
- Chapter 17. Music and Literacy: A New Approach to Education (Louise M. Pascale)
- Part VI. Communicating Empowerment
- Chapter 18. "Thanks God for the Twitter and the Facebook! Thanks God for That!" (Lauryn Oates)
- Chapter 19. The New Storytellers of Afghanistan (Joanna Sherman)
- Chapter 20. Six Epiphanies: Testament to Change from Inside an Afghan Orphanage (Ian Pounds)
- Epilogue: Imagining the Future (Ashraf Zahedi)
- Selected Bibliography and Filmography
- About the Contributors
- Index
