Before Reading Questions

In 2001, Deborah Rodriguez, went to Afganistan to offer peace and haircuts to Afgans. She found out she was good at befriending them and her idea of following Afgan hair salons was created.
The book is set in Afganistan mostly in the beauty school. But the women in the school tell storys making the reader feel as if they were there when the story took place. The book is also set in 2001 right after the fall of the Taliban.
In Kabul Beauty School, Deborah Rodriguez is faced with the difficulty of offering humanitarian aid to Afganistan, a war-torn nation. Mostly surrounded by women, Rodriguez learns the difficultys and hardships that many of the women have over come, and in the end, overcomes some of her own hardships as well.
The issue of the book impacts many people in the world today. It shows how to overcome difficult situations by the love of others, and it shows you how lucky you are. The impact is only serious if you take it into your heart and feel how the people in the book felt.
They've tried to solve the issue by doing exactly what the people in the book did. They went to Afganistan when its people needed help in rebuilding there broken country.

Citations:

"Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil [Paperback." http://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Beauty-School-American-Behind/dp/0812976738. Amazon, June 20, 2007. Web. 6 Nov 2011. <amazon.com>.