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'Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything - even die' - Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan. In 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, a mountaineer called Greg Mortenson drifted, cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school. "Three Cups of Tea" is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome. Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools - especially for girls - in remote villages across the forbidding and breathtaking landscape of Pakistan and Afghanistan, just as the Taliban rose to power. His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit.
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Greg Mortenson is the director of the Central Asia Institute, and he spends several months each year building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He lives in Montana with his wife and two children.
David Oliver Relin is a globe-trotting journalist who has won more than forty national awards for his writing and editing. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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I have never said this about any book i've read.
Being half-Pakistani university student living in the UK, this book has taught me more about my mother-country of Pakistan, the power of education to overcome terrorism, and the strength of the human spirit against all odds, than I have ever known.
Greg Mortenson is an amazing person, and I say without reservation my new role model. If I can even be 1% as dedicated as he is then I will consider that an achievement. This guy went from potentially the biggest failure of his life (K2) to almost literally 'moving mountains', founding a charity and changing the face of northern Pakistan by giving the people the biggest weapon against extremist influences - an education.
In our day to day lives we take education for granted but due to the often-corrupt government of Pakistan, the country's difficult history and geographical extremities of the northern areas, these people are literally out on a limb. Somewhere in this book someone mentions that with 50 Greg Mortenson's we could give the world's children an education, which is their basic human right. I hope that from amongst the readers of this book we can get those 50 Greg Mortenson's because only with education and mutual understanding on both sides can come peace, and as the book says, our children, are the future, and our girls are the future mothers of the next generation.
Just buy it.
Being half-Pakistani university student living in the UK, this book has taught me more about my mother-country of Pakistan, the power of education to overcome terrorism, and the strength of the human spirit against all odds, than I have ever known.
Greg Mortenson is an amazing person, and I say without reservation my new role model. If I can even be 1% as dedicated as he is then I will consider that an achievement. This guy went from potentially the biggest failure of his life (K2) to almost literally 'moving mountains', founding a charity and changing the face of northern Pakistan by giving the people the biggest weapon against extremist influences - an education.
In our day to day lives we take education for granted but due to the often-corrupt government of Pakistan, the country's difficult history and geographical extremities of the northern areas, these people are literally out on a limb. Somewhere in this book someone mentions that with 50 Greg Mortenson's we could give the world's children an education, which is their basic human right. I hope that from amongst the readers of this book we can get those 50 Greg Mortenson's because only with education and mutual understanding on both sides can come peace, and as the book says, our children, are the future, and our girls are the future mothers of the next generation.
Just buy it.
458 of 474 people found the following review helpful
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I was, until my very recent retirement, the Headteacher of a Church of England primary school where 90% of pupils were Muslim and a majority of those came from the Punjab or Kashmir. I don't normally read non-fiction, but was attracted to this book because of its links to both education and the South Asian Muslim culture.
How glad I am that I chose it. What an inspirational story! I read it in two days. It gave such a true reflection of the real Islam, one which values education and most importantly values the contribution that women make to society. It reflected my experience of the Muslim culture over the many years I have worked with Muslim children and their families. I am neither a Christian, nor a Muslim, but have found that true Christians and Muslims respect each others faith.
Greg Mortenson endured great hardship, two fatwa and long separation from his family to pursue his dream of educational provision for all the children living in those isolated mountain or border regions. What a humanitarian! He really should be awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
How glad I am that I chose it. What an inspirational story! I read it in two days. It gave such a true reflection of the real Islam, one which values education and most importantly values the contribution that women make to society. It reflected my experience of the Muslim culture over the many years I have worked with Muslim children and their families. I am neither a Christian, nor a Muslim, but have found that true Christians and Muslims respect each others faith.
Greg Mortenson endured great hardship, two fatwa and long separation from his family to pursue his dream of educational provision for all the children living in those isolated mountain or border regions. What a humanitarian! He really should be awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
137 of 142 people found the following review helpful
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I strongly, strongly urge you to buy this book. Not only is it a fascinating read and a really entertaining story, the message behind it is utterly inspiring and one which needs to be spread to as many people as possible. If only there were more people in the world like Greg, the man is incredible. I can honestly say that it has fundamentally changed my views on religion, politics and the best way to make the world a safer place for everyone. Everyone i know who has read it feels the same. You won't be disappointed.
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