On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
> Do the women with children in this culture have husbands or do they have
> children on their own? If they have husbands, I do not understand why it
> is so vital that the women beg or work. Except in comparison to our own
> society... then we find it harder to understand.
That's mostly widows or divorced women (IIRC a muslim in countries like
Iran(sp?), Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan can divorce from his wife just by
speaking it out three times, can someone please yell "Middle Ages"?).
> What was this society like before the militia group came in? Tribal
> African, Muslim (lots of Africa has Muslim influences), Christian?
Afghanistan is in the Middle East (Asia). It was Muslim before, I think.
> We have to be careful when looking at other cultures and evaluating them
> from our point of view. :o)
I don't think it is valid to say that just because s.th. is "culture",
that it's right.
Nils
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