Sunday, July 15, 2007

A thousand splendid suns

That's the title of this book I'm reading(thanx again mervyn). It's by an author called Khaled Hosseini and it's about the lives of two incredible afghan women. I haven't even finished the book yet, but it's already breaking my heart thinking about the injustice these women have to go through....it makes me appreciate my life just that little bit more. It makes me wonder how we could all follow the same faith, yet, interpret it so differently?

I wouldn't call myself very religious, but I am pretty big on the key points like praying and stuff and when it comes down to it, yes, I love my religion and I refuse to believe that it could stand for so much violence and injustice. I refuse to believe that men are superior to women. Are we different? Well, I can't imagine a man giving birth or women doing many of the things that men do,we're just not born that way. But are we equal? That, I believe without a doubt. For everyone that believes otherwise, it's time they opened their eyes and stepped into the 21st century.


2 comments:

kaiza shozey said...

that book sounds interesting...and that means alot for me since i dont remember the last time ive read a book apart from studies.
and yea, i guess thats the problem nowadays. men and women arent considered equal ONLY if women get to do all the stuff men does or the other way around. men and women are different in so many ways but nevertheless equal. but i guess the society we live in now believes otherwise. no offense to women but i believe they are taking this equal thing far too much.

Juna said...

Well, I believe women should be given as many rights as men,they ARE equal...and we shud fight for our right to equality, because in some parts of the world..thats wat they have to do...literally FIGHT. So no, I dont think those women are taking it too far, but I agree, we are different