About This Lesson
A powerful story about a young girl’s
struggle within the constraints of her
nomadic society. Shabanu lives with
her camel-herding family in Pakistan’s
Cholistan Desert. At 12, she is already
betrothed, while her 13-year-old sister
is about to be married. When tragedy
strikes, Shabanu must choose between
dreams of freedom and obligations to
family and culture.
