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Gr 2-5 Eight-year-old Zulviya lives in Afghanistan. She, her sister, and her cousin all join the women and girls of the village in weaving rugs all day. The work is hard on their hands, on their eyes, and on their legs and feet as they tie knots, stare at the loom, and sit for hours working with rough wool. Zulviya weaves her mother's and grandmother's pattern, but "the second pattern I weave in my head. It is all my own." In her daydreams, her patterns ar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Eight-year-old Zulviya and the girls in her family spend their days weaving rugs, just like their mothers and grandmothers have al...Log In or Sign Up to Read More