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BEAUTY WITHOUT BORDERS.(Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil)(Brief article)(Book review)

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Byline: Megan Conway

Kabul is a city of armored compounds and clouds of dust. But for Deborah Rodriguez, author of the big-hearted Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil (Random House), it's rare and arresting bursts of color that better define the place. A fiery-haired, outspoken American and trained beautician, she arrives in Afghanistan as an aid worker only to find her truer calling in helping to found a beauty school for ...

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