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Afghanistan, settembre 1996. Il sole illumina gli ultimi giorni di libertà degli abitanti di Kabul. Kamila attraversa i corridoi della scuola, quando coglie per caso i discorsi di due ragazze. Sussurrano parole tremanti, che feriscono come lame: i talebani sono alle porte della capitale. Ancora non sa che di lì a poco il terrore si impadronirà delle strade e che il nuovo regime negherà qualsiasi diritto alle donne. La dura realtà le farà ben presto aprire gli occhi, mostrandole la ferocia di una dittatura che impone il burqa, che appende agli angoli delle vie le mani mozzate ai ladri, che non risparmia la violenza nemmeno ai ragazzini. La città si trova catapultata in un nuovo Medioevo, in cui lo sguardo del regime sorveglia severo ogni luogo e le donne non possono lavorare né studiare. Il padre e un fratello di Kamila sono costretti a rifugiarsi al Nord e, come loro, molti pensano che la fuga sia l'unica soluzione. Ma non Kamila, che decide di rimanere con le sorelle e il fratello minore, si arma di coraggio e sceglie di non arrendersi: impara a cucire, confeziona abiti che poi vende di nascosto e crea una scuola clandestina di sartoria. Sa bene che, se fosse scoperta, la pena sarebbe terribile. Ma la sopravvivenza della sua famiglia dipende solo da lei. Determinata ed eroica, riuscirà a dare lavoro e speranza a oltre cento donne, correndo ogni giorno il rischio di essere arrestata e condannata. Una storia vera che racconta come la forza delle donne possa davvero cambiare il mondo.

The pioneers of CST-2 proved for the first time, at least to some grizzled Special Operations soldiers, that women might be physically and mentally tough enough to become one of them.The price of this professional acceptance came in personal loss and social isolation: the only people who really understand the women of CST-2 are each other.

"The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. And yet that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of. The Islamic State by then had swept across vast swaths of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around it. From that unlikely showdown in the town of Kobani emerged a fighting force that would wage war against ISIS across northern Syria as partner of the United States. In the process, these women would spread their own political vision, determined to make women's equality a reality by fighting--house by house, street by street, town by town--the men who bought and sold women. Based on years of on-the-ground reporting, The Daughters of Kobani is the unforgettable story of the women of the Kurdish militia that improbably became part of the world's best hope for stopping ISIS in Syria. Drawing from hundreds of hours of interviews, bestselling author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon introduces us to the women fighting on the front lines, determined to not only extinguish the terror of ISIS but also prove that women could lead in war and must enjoy equal rights come the peace. In helping to cement the territorial defeat of ISIS, whose savagery toward women astounded the world, these women played a central role in neutralizing the threat the group posed worldwide. In the process they earned the respect--and significant military support--of U.S. Special Operations Forces. Rigorously reported and powerfully told, The Daughters of Kobani shines a light on a group of women intent on not only defeating the Islamic State on the battlefield but also changing women's lives in their corner of the Middle East and beyond"-- Provided by publisher

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Porywająca i wzruszająca opowieść o przyjaźni ? historia, kt�ra odmieni spojrzenie na wojnę. W 2010 roku armia USA powołała Cultural Support Teams (zespoły wsparcia kulturowego, w skr�cie ? CST), tajny program pilotażowy, kt�ry miał wprowadzić kobiety do akcji prowadzonych przez żołnierzy oddział�w specjalnych w Afganistanie. Dow�dztwo armii uważało, że kobiety mogą odgrywać szczeg�lną rolę w jednostkach operacji specjalnych ? w czasie, gdy ich towarzysze będą szukać powstańc�w, kobiety zajmą się przesłuchiwaniem matek, si�str, c�rek i żon mieszkających na terenie zajętej posiadłości. Okazało się, że obecność członkiń CST działa kojąco na Afganki i ich dzieci i że ? co istotniejsze ? Amerykanki mogą je przeszukiwać, nie łamiąc religijnego i kulturowego tabu. Umundurowane kobiety zdobywały cenne informacje, ale też budowały przyjazne relacje, w kraju muzułmańskim niedostępne dla mężczyzn. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon opisuje w formie reportażu, z ogromnym wyczuciem i zrozumieniem złożonych reali�w wojny, historię CST-2, jednostki kobiet wyselekcjonowanych do służby. Pionierki z tej grupy dowiodły ? przynajmniej niekt�rym spośr�d zaprawionych w bojach żołnierzy jednostek specjalnych ? że kobiety potrafią być dość wytrzymałe fizycznie i psychicznie, by im dor�wnać. Cena, jaką płacą za ich akceptację, to zerwanie wielu więzi towarzyskich i izolacja społeczna ? bowiem jedynymi osobami, kt�re naprawdę je rozumieją, są ich towarzyszki broni. Osią ?Wojny Ashley? jest przyjaźń scementowana serialem ?Glee?, grami komputerowymi, zagrożeniami z pola bitwy i uwodzicielską mocą walki z realnym wrogiem, zaś centralną postacią książki jest powszechnie lubiana i bardzo skuteczna żołnierka ? Ashley White.