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" Chinese whisper games will start, where one woman will nod at a young dancing girl, asking a question that is passed down the row from one woman to another, before a response comes back up the line in the same manner. These women are in the business of finding wives for their sons and they offer up occasional commentary on the performance before them.
“Not so pretty. Her sister is better.”
“That poor one will have a hard time, yes. The dark skin—she is already an old woman. She will have to wait, yes.”
Information about the girl’s family’s honor, purity, and place in society is also exchanged "

Jenny Nordberg , The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan


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Jenny Nordberg quote : Chinese whisper games will start, where one woman will nod at a young dancing girl, asking a question that is passed down the row from one woman to another, before a response comes back up the line in the same manner. These women are in the business of finding wives for their sons and they offer up occasional commentary on the performance before them.<br />“Not so pretty. Her sister is better.”<br />“That poor one will have a hard time, yes. The dark skin—she is already an old woman. She will have to wait, yes.”<br />Information about the girl’s family’s honor, purity, and place in society is also exchanged