A chronicle of Afghanistan's modern-day Romeo and Juliet
Clip: 3/7/2016 | 6m 14s
Zakia and Ali are Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet -- with all the heartache that's implied.
Zakia and Ali are Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet -- with all the heartache that description implies. Separated by religion, ethnicity and their own families, the young couple defied them all by eloping. Rod Nordland of the New York Times chronicles their remarkable odyssey in his book, “The Lovers,” and joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the intersection of romance and religion in the Muslim world.
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A chronicle of Afghanistan's modern-day Romeo and Juliet
Clip: 3/7/2016 | 6m 14s
Zakia and Ali are Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet -- with all the heartache that description implies. Separated by religion, ethnicity and their own families, the young couple defied them all by eloping. Rod Nordland of the New York Times chronicles their remarkable odyssey in his book, “The Lovers,” and joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the intersection of romance and religion in the Muslim world.
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