I have finished reading Kabul Beauty School. It was depressing that the ending was so sad. There were several more stories about women getting abused and Debbie encountered more problems with the Afghanistan government. Debbie also had to fire her housekeeper Shaz, because she was in love with a bad man named Farooq who gave her drugs and was calling or texting many of the women running the Beauty School salon that funded the school. If the women's husbands found out about the calls they would probably beat their wives. This made me really sad not only for the wives sake but because Shaz was so disillusioned and she herself had suffered a traumatic childhood. Another sad story is the story about Hama, the girl who hung around with the abusive family friend. Though Debbie tried to help her, Debbie tried to get Hama a visa so she could live in the US, but Hama continued to be with Ali and his friends. Though Debbie tried she could not stop Hama from being with Ali and Hama endangered the Beauty School if she hung around it, so Debbie was forced to make Hama leave to protect the school. One really sad thing was that Hama was only around 15 when Debbie first met her and Debbie is unsure of how long this abuse has been going on. Finally, Debbie was forced to leave Afghanistan and the Beauty School. She was getting threatened by someone in Afghanistan, she wasn't sure who but she was informed by a friend in the government. Because she had her son with her in that particular trip to Afghanistan, she decided that she needed to leave so she and her son left Afghanistan and Debbie was not able to return.
I think that it is really sad that someone would threaten Debbie after all she had done to help Afghanistan. I also think it is really sad all the depressing stories about women being abused in Afghanistan. I believe that Debbie was brave to go to Afghanistan and try and help the women there, when Debbie didn't even speak the language or know any of the customs, she just went there with a dream to try and help.
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This sounds like a very depressing book! I think it's good for people to read material like this to up the awareness level. So many times we are so engulfed in our own lives to remember that there are others out there who are so much worse off than we are! It really makes you think, and I personally feel thankful and lucky after being exposed to things like this. People's stories not only need to be told, but heard. I like how in-depth and thoughtful you are in your blog posts.
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