Questions:
- What has happened to women’s freedom since the taliban have taken over the country?
- Which are some of the examples the news reader gives?
- What is a Bacha Posh?
- What are the limitations of this tradition?
- What may happen to them if they are found out to be girls?
- How did this tradition start according to the author of the book?
- Have the taliban issued any rules with respect to this tradition?
Answers:
- It has been severely curtailed.
- They’ve been barred from working and their access to education has been restricted.
- It is a girl who lives and dresses as a boy; she is chosen by her parents to live that way.
- Girls can access the male world until they reach puverty.
- They may be bullied and teased.
- It dates back to before the taliban. When a family did not have a male child who inhereted all the family’s possessions, they would dress a girl as a boy. It was also supposed to bring good luck for a boy to be born.
- Not yet as last year’s account.
