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14 Women in Afghanistan - DCLCP • When the right palm itches, that person will receive money. When the left hand itches, that person will lose money. • When a new bride comes to her in-law’s home and good things happen, she is thought to bring good luck to the family. When bad things happen, she is considered bad luck for the family. • You should hang an onion on the neck of the person who is suffering from jaundice. • It is said that people get tuberculosis and vitiligo (depigmentation of patches of skin) because God is upset with them. • When a person suffers frequently from any kind of sickness, people say God is upset with him/her. • If children do not keep their parents happy, they will never be happy in life. • When women have bad dreams they should not share them with any one. They should only tell them to the river or another water source.
WOMEN’S ROLES IN AFGHAN VILLAGES Women’s lives are challenging in Afghan society because of the different social expectations for men and woman. These expectations are harder on women and differ from city to village life. There are more limitations on village women than in urban areas. For instance, women must wear a burqa in public and little girls must wear veils. Old women only wear either a white or black veil. Village women have limited access to education and work. They cannot go out alone. If people see a woman alone in public, even if she is wearing a burqa, they will judge her to be a bad woman. Young women are An Afghan woman sells pottery at a women’s bazaar in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 28, 2011. most vulnerable to this scrutiny so when they go outside their home to shop or to visit relatives, they must be escorted either by an older woman or by a young man from their family. The village people do not respect women who go out after dark. Women may not even be allowed by their family to go out at dusk or early evening. Even if they need to go out, they have to wait until the next day. Village women constantly live in fear of poor security and personal safety as well as negative 15
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Page 23 and 24: WASHING CLOTHES Washing everyone’
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Page 31 and 32: CELEBRATIONS There are many festiva
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Page 35 and 36: MAHER AND DOWRY Maher is an obligat
Page 37 and 38: DIVORCE Divorce is allowed in Islam
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