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- Hand-woven on a backstrap loom, these lovely infinity scarves are made of soft cotton, and drape beautifully.
- 100 percent Cotton
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Books
Fiction
The Long Night of White Chickens
By Francisco Goldman
Recommended by Women’s Justice Initiative
From Amazon: Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, The Long Night of White Chickens marked the brilliant debut of Francisco Goldman’s internationally acclaimed writing career. The Long Night of White Chickens is a novel born of two worlds: It is the story of Roger Graetz, raised in a Boston suburb by a patrician Guatemalan mother, and his relationship with Flor de Mayo, the beautiful young Guatemalan orphan sent by his grandmother to live with his family as a maid. When, years later in the 1980s, Flor is murdered in Guatemala, Roger returns to uncover the truth of her death. There he is reunited with Luis Moya, a childhood friend, and together they venture on a quest into Flor’s life that will have unexpected, and unforgettable, repercussions.
Non-Fiction
I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
By Rigoberta Menchu
Recommended by Women’s Justice Initiative
From Amazon: Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned to catechistic work as an expression of political revolt as well as religious commitment. Menchú vividly conveys the traditional beliefs of her community and her personal response to feminist and socialist ideas. Above all, these pages are illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman.
Films
Recommended by Women’s Justice Initiative
From Amazon: Ixcanul is the brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Mayans living on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. A mesmerizing fusion of fact and fable, this gorgeously photographed film
is an immersive journey into its characters customs and beliefs, chronicling with unblinking realism disappearing traditions and a disappearing people. One of the best-reviewed movies of 2016, Ixcanul was the first film Guatemala ever submitted for Best Foreign Film consideration at the Academy Awards.
La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus
Recommended by Women’s Justice Initiative
From Amazon: Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day.
Music
By Gaby Moreno
Recommended by Women’s Justice Initiative
Available on streaming, MP3, CD, and vinyl
By Ricardo Arjona
Recommended by Women’s Justice Initiative
Available on streaming, MP3, CD, and vinyl