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Under an Afghan Sky by Mellissa Fung5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Her story of being taken hostage made for a harrowing story, but most importantly, her sense of dignity and strength of purpose was inspiring. ![]() I found Under an Afghan Sky a complete page-turner. Her bestselling book, Under an Afghan Sky, chronicles her experience as a. Through her, we see these men, not as criminals and terrorists but as victims of the war, dealing with poverty and religious extremes. Award-winning journalist Mellissa Fung has been with CBC Television since 2000. She is allowed access to her notebook and a pen, and I believe the ability to write kept her hopeful and balanced. Never losing her inner spirit, she spends her days with her captors in this underground hole, existing mostly on cookies and juice, her time is spent reflecting on her life, praying and establishing bonds with her kidnappers. My admiration of this woman grew as I turned the pages and read of her experiences. Under An Afghan Sky is her vivid portrayal of her time in captivity. Stabbed, blindfolded and eventually thrown into an underground bunker, her ordeal was to last 39 days before she was freed. Mellissa Fung, a journalist working for the Canadian Broadcasting Company, was on her second assignment to war-torn Afghanistan when she was seized by armed men as she was leaving a refugee camp where she had been reporting on conditions. ![]()
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