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The Secret Marathon
En 2016, Martin Parnell défie les préjugés en courant un marathon en Afghanistan pour défendre les droits des femmes. The Secret Marathon raconte cette aventure humaine et sportive, où courage et solidarité transcendent les frontières.
"The children were stoning us, the people said bad words like 'prostitutes, why don't you stay at home? You are destroying Islam.'" -Zainab, Afghanistan's first female marathon runner
In 2016, Martin Parnell went on a journey that many believed was madness: running a marathon in Afghanistan in a quest to fight for women's rights and gender equality. Of course, this was not the first time he had been called crazy. In 2010 he had run 250 marathons in one year and in 2013 he had climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 21 hours. These two endeavours were part of his "Quest for Kids" initiative, which raised $1.3-million for the humanitarian organization Right To Play and had given the gift of hope to over 27,000 children around the world.
It was while recovering from a life-threatening and rare blood clot on his brain that Martin had read about Zainab, the first woman to run a marathon in Afghanistan. He was so inspired by her story that he decided that if he was able to recover from his illness he would run with her at the next "Marathon of Afghanistan" in support of rights for girls and women.
In The Secret Marathon, readers will be transported to a country of beauty, hardship and complexity, sharing in the despair, resilience and friendliness of the Afghan people as they strive for freedom and equality for themselves and their fellow citizens.
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Regina Mikula et Reinhard Lechner forment un duo d’auteurs spécialisés dans les récits à fort impact humain et social. Leur collaboration se distingue par une approche documentaire et narrative, mêlant rigueur journalistique et sensibilité. Leurs œuvres, souvent centrées sur des enjeux contemporains, mettent en lumière des parcours de vie extraordinaires et des causes universelles.
Reinhard Lechner
Reinhard Lechner est un écrivain et chercheur dont les publications s’articulent autour des transformations sociales et des initiatives individuelles face à l’adversité. Son style allie analyse sociologique et récit accessible, rendant ses ouvrages à la fois instructifs et captivants. Il s’intéresse particulièrement aux projets qui utilisent le sport ou l’art comme leviers de changement.
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