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World Service,08 Mar 2011,25 mins

08/03/2011

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MAGSIE HAMILTON LITTLE: When British writer Magsie Hamilton Little witnessed the carnage caused by a suicide bomber in London on July 7th 2005, it had a profound effect on her. Magsie was studying Islam and Farsi, but felt she had no answers to the questions raised by the bombings. In a bid to find that understanding, she set off on a journey to Afghanistan which would lead to her risking her life in an attempt to rescue a kidnapped friend. BOOK DETAILS: Dancing with Darkness, Life Death and Hope in Afghanistan by Magsie Hamilton Little by Little Books

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