Rodriguez, Deborah

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Margarita Wednesdays

making a new life by the Mexican sea
Deborah Rodriguez discusses her life and adventures in a Mexican seaside town as she tries to reinvent herself after leaving Afghanistan.

Kabul Beauty School

an American woman goes behind the veil
Hairdresser Deborah Rodriguez details her experiences in post-Taliban Afghanistan, discussing the opening of her beauty school and recalls the personal stories of various women who overcame obstacles to obtain an education in cosmetology.
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Margarita Wednesdays

making a new life by the Mexican sea

The little coffee shop of Kabul

a novel
2012
Sunny, a thirty-eight-year-old American, establishes a coffee shop in the middle of war-torn Afghanistan, which becomes a safe haven and comfort to the men and women patrons who meet there, including Halajan, who works alongside Sunny and harbors a secret relationship from her ultra-traditional son, and Yazmina, a young woman who was kidnapped from a remote village, impregnated, and left on a the city street.

Kabul Beauty School

an American woman goes behind the veil
2007
Hairdresser Deborah Rodriguez details her experiences in post-Taliban Afghanistan, discussing the opening of her beauty school and recalls the personal stories of various women who overcame obstacles to obtain an education in cosmetology.
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