Hoy en día el desorden de las montañas de Peshawar es solo comparable con el patio de mi colegio; Hay disturbios tribales, milicias Chiítas, milicias Sunitas, milicias Pashtunes, Milicias Uzbekas, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - TTP- (AKA: Los Talis), al-Qaeda, ejercito pakistaní, ejercito americano, la gente de Blackwater. Todos contra todos y al mismo tiempo. La única guerra que le importa al mundo es contra los Talis y Al-Qaeda. En esta guerra Peshawar es el segundo objetivo más importante de la región, solo superado por esa otra ciudad a tan solo 4 horas de distancia: Kabul.
Durante el 2008 Peshawar fue testigo del desplazamiento forzado más grande desde la crisis de los grandes lagos (Rwanda): dos millones de personas llegaron de Afganistán a través del Paso Khyber. El desplazamiento continúa hoy. Puedes ver a mujeres mayores con sus burkhas negros, que cuando caminan se despliegan casi como alas, a su lado niños y niñas vestidos con colores vivos. Si están solas, las mujeres se suben el burkha como un gorro, cuando llega un hombre extraño se cubren la cara con las puntas de tela negra y te miran atentas, curiosas.
All we've always wanted to know about the burqa...and didn't dare asking... (surprising details found on Wiki):
ResponderEliminarThis type of dress has its origins with desert times long before Islam arrived. It had two functions. Firstly as sand mask in windy conditions. This would be worn by men and women and is still common today. For women only the masking of the face and body was used when one group was being raided by another. These raids often involved the taking of women of child bearing age. With all women hidden behind a veil the chances of being taken were substantially reduced as the women of child bearing age could not be quickly distinguished from the very young and the old in the turmoil of fighting.
Many Muslims believe that the Islamic holy book, the Qur'an, and the collected traditions of the life of Muhammed, or hadith, require both men and women to dress and behave modestly in public. However, this requirement, called hijab, has been interpreted in many different ways by Islamic scholars (ulema) and Muslim communities (see Women and Islam); the burqa is not specifically mentioned in the Quran...