{"id":116739,"date":"2024-01-16T21:02:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/01\/16\/dua-lipa-reveals-splendid-february-pick-for-her-service95-book-club\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T21:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:02:25","slug":"dua-lipa-reveals-splendid-february-pick-for-her-service95-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/01\/16\/dua-lipa-reveals-splendid-february-pick-for-her-service95-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa reveals “splendid” February pick for her Service95 Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dua Lipa<\/strong> is back to hitting the books.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She’s revealed the February Monthly Read for her Service95 Book Club: A Thousand Splendid Suns<\/span> by Khaled Hosseini<\/strong>, author of\u00a0another well-known book: The Kite Runner.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dua says, \u201cI first read A Thousand Splendid Suns<\/span> just after the return of the Taliban in 2021 when Afghanistan dominated headlines around the world. If we need any reminder of why we should stand in solidarity with Afghan women now more than ever, this book is surely it.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a really intense story of a world we all hoped was far behind us \u2013 and yet it\u2019s more relevant than ever to understand the lives of women under the Taliban,\u201d she adds, describing it as an “illuminating story of the cultural and political history of Afghanistan, rich with the textures of daily life.”<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, at times, this story is dark but it is also enlightening, offering a vision for what Afghanistan still may one day become,\u201d Dua says, concluding, “This one is for the women of Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

In February, Service95 Book Club content will include Dua’s Q&A with the author, his recommended reading list, a playlist he curated and a video sharing insight into his writing process. Meanwhile, February’s Service95<\/a> newsletter will include features focusing on Afghani women.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of Dua Lipa Dua Lipa is back to hitting the books.\u00a0 She’s revealed the February Monthly Read for her Service95 Book Club: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, author of\u00a0another well-known book: The Kite Runner. Dua says, \u201cI first read A Thousand Splendid Suns just after the returnRead More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,426,427],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}