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Het Pakistaanse meisje Malala (16, ik-figuur) was nog maar tien jaar toen de Taliban aan de macht kwam. Meisjes mochten niet meer naar school gaan. Ze vocht daarvoor, maar werd in haar hoofd geschoten. Met kleurenfoto's. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.

"In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for twenty-five years (she's never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars--the "bang-bang" war and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive. At the same time, since men usually act as the fighters, women are rarely interviewed about their experience of wartime, other than as grieving widows and mothers, though their experience is markedly different from that of the men involved in battle. Lamb chronicles extraordinary tragedy and challenges in the lives of women in wartime. And none is more devastating than the increase of the use of rape as a weapon of war. Visiting warzones including the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Iraq, and spending time with the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, she records the harrowing stories of survivors, from Yazidi girls kept as sex slaves by ISIS fighters and the beekeeper risking his life to rescue them; to the thousands of schoolgirls abducted across northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, to the Congolese gynecologist who stitches up more rape victims than anyone on earth. Told as a journey, and structured by country, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields gives these women voice."--Amazon

A gripping expose of the Allied Forces occupation of Afghanistan. The failure of the West in Afghanistan is unquestionably devastating and despite efforts to eliminate the Taliban from the country, their presence has continued to grow. Insurgent attacks have also increased, and the region still struggles against poverty, an unstable infrastructure and a huge number of land mines. Initially billed as the West's success story by both Bush and Blair, Afghanistan remains, largely, a lawless, violent land. Reporting on the region for a number of years, Lamb has fought with the mujahadeen dressed as an Afghan boy, experienced a near-fatal ambush and head-on encounter with Taliban forces and successfully established links with American, British, Afghan government, Taliban and tribal fighters. Her unparalleled access to troops and civilians on the ground, as well as to top military officials has ensured that this is the definitive book on the region, exposing the realities of Afghanistan unlike anyone before. In the same vein as Robert Fisk's "The Great War of Civilisation", this is compelling, moving and impossible to put down.

Blue mountains, golden fields, gin and tonics on the terrace—once it seemed like the most idyllic place on earth. By August 2002, however, Marondera, Zimbabwe, had transformed into a bloody battleground. One fateful morning, Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers, received devastating news: a crowd of war veterans demanded he surrender his homestead. The mob ignited a fire and dragged him to an outhouse, where he was confronted by his family's beloved nanny, Aqui. “Get out or we’ll kill you,” she warned. “There is no place for whites in this country.” Christina Lamb reveals this astonishing saga while reporting clandestinely on Zimbabwe, tracing the brutal civil war, independence, and the Mugabe years through the lives of two individuals on opposing sides. Despite being born just miles apart, their upbringings were worlds apart; while Nigel enjoyed cricket and flying, Aqui grew up in a mud hut, struggling for basic necessities. “They had cars and went shopping in South Africa. We didn’t have food and had to walk an hour each way to fetch water,” she recalls. This narrative is based on remarkable interviews with the white farmer and black nanny, set against the backdrop of Zimbabwe's tumultuous history and the descent of Robert Mugabe, once a respected nationalist leader.

An extraordinary collection of reportage that tells the story of some of the most important world events of the past 16 years, from one of the most talented and intrepid female journalists at work today.

In the declining years of the British Empire, in Northern Rhodesia, Stewart Gore-Browne was a proper English gentleman who built himself a sprawling country estate, complete with liveried servants, rose gardens, and lavish dinners finished off with vintage port in the library. All that was missing was a woman to share it with. He adored the beautiful aviatrix Ethel Locke King, but she was almost twenty years his senior, married, and his aunt. Lorna, the only other woman Gore-Brown cared for, was married as well, but years later her orphaned daughter would become Gore-Browne's wife. The story of a colonialist who beat his servants yet supported Rhodesian independence and who was given a chief's burial by the local elders when he died, The Africa House rescues "from oblivion the life story of an astonishing man, an astonishing marriage, and an astonishing house" ( The Spectator ).

Ten years ago, Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people were fighting against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extraordinary memoir of her love affair with the country and its people. schovat popis

Christina Lamb spent a year reporting on the political turmoil in Pakistan in 1989. This is a descriptive analysis of what she sees as the tragedy of Pakistan as it moves towards the 21st century - a woeful catalogue of vested interests, corruption, an overpowering military, and an unconfident and enfeebled new democracy. She looks at the treatment of women, urban life, patronage and government, the troubled relationship with India, Afghanistan, and the power of tribes and drug lords, the great game of espionage on the new frontier, Benazir Bhutto and her failure to impose change, and the imminent breakdown of democracy.

A story of worlds colliding and a snapshot of modern Britain

À 16 ans, Nujeen Mustafa a fui les bombardements d'Alep, traversant l'Europe en fauteuil roulant. Ayant passé sa vie en fauteuil roulant, elle a reçu peu d'instruction en Syrie, mais a appris l'anglais en regardant des séries américaines. En 2014, sa ville de Kobané a été le théâtre de violents combats entre l'État islamique et les forces kurdes soutenues par les États-Unis. La famille Mustafa a dû fuir vers la Turquie, puis vers l'Europe, où elle s'est finalement installée en Allemagne. Christina Lamb, co-auteure du best-seller "Moi, Malala", est diplômée d'Oxford et de Harvard. Elle a écrit plusieurs ouvrages et a reçu de nombreux prix pour son travail de grand reporter, dont le titre de meilleur correspondant étranger britannique à cinq reprises et le prix Bayeux, qui récompense le meilleur correspondant de guerre européen.