Background for Kabul Beauty School

Here's a YouTube video that features Deborah Rodriguez speaking about Kabul Beauty School.


There is a documentary about the Beauty Academy of Kabul. View the trailer here: http://www.beautyacademyofkabul.com/

Here is an interview with the author that provides more insight on her personal thoughts about life in Afghanistan: http://www.readersread.com/features/deborahrodriguez.htm

Here is information about the organization that provided the initial support for the Kabul Beauty School: http://www.kabulbeautyschool.com/index.html

This is a NPR article from June 2007 about the risks faced by the subjects of Kabul Beauty School: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10634299

These two articles from a UK newspaper shed some light on what really happened to Rodriguez (seems like there is a lot more to this story...isn't there always?!):

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-454386/Mother-twos-transformation-Afghanistan-burka-bikini.html
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-462460/Kabul-beauty-school-dropout.html