Week one

I have been reading Parvana and so far it's been great. It takes you back only a few years ago in a corrupt Afghanistan. Parvana is in a poor family struggling to get by week by week. Because of her dad not being able to walk, after stepping on a land mine, she has had to escort him to and from the marketplace everyday. Parvana has to where a chador when she is in public with her father because if the Taliban caught her uncovered they might take her away or severely punish her. The Taliban are members of the ruling party in Afghanistan who have a licence to do what ever they want. After they took over in government, things have changed for Parvana and her family. Parvana's parents strongly believed in being educated because they both when to university. Parvana's father went to London to get his degree and when the Taliban found out they thought it was suspicious so they forcefully took him, wrecked the home and locked her father in Prison. Even though Parvana's father was the only male in the house besides a baby it is hard because no women can go outside without a male. Today the Taliban are still in power over Afghanistan and things have not changed much. Taliban are even making their citizens grow beards which makes it very hard to recognise a man or even a close family member. Parvana and her family are going to have to take great risks and be very cautious if they are going to survive.