During the business portion of our meeting we expanded our reading list through May. The choices appear on the left. The December 18 meeting will be dinner out. At the November meeting we will discuss whether to have a "Secret Santa" drawing for December, have a used book exchange, or discuss our favorite books from our personal reading.
We had a lively discussion of our chosen book led by Miki. We learned the history of the burka, which was originally created to protect both men and women from the heat and dust prevalent in the Middle East. Only later did it become a tool to keep women hidden in public. We were also given copies of the beautiful poem, Kabul by Saib-e-Tabrizi from which the book's title comes. Miki also brought before and after pictures of the Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan that were totally destroyed by the Taliban. The statues were formerly the tallest in the world.
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