Kabul Beauty School : an American woman goes behind the veil / Deborah Rodriguez ; with Kristin Ohlson.
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TextPublication details: New York : Random House, c2007. Description: 301 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 9780812976731
- HQ1735.6. R63 2007
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | HQ1735.6.R63 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000352202 |
“Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan with nothing but a desire to help and a degree in cosmetology. There she joined the Kabul beauty school, which welcomed its first class in 2003. Well meaning but sometimes brazen, Rodriguez, one of the school’s first teachers and its eventual director, stumbled through language barriers and overstepped cultural customs as she learned how to empower her students to become their families’ breadwinners, teaching them the fundamentals of coloring techniques, haircutting, and makeup…”—back cover.
“Includes a new afterword”—cover page.
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