The Lovers

"She is his Juliet and he is her Romeo, and her family has threatened to kill them both..."

The Lovers is the heartrending account of Zakia and Mohammad Ali, a couple from opposing Islamic sects, who defying their society's norms have left behind everything they know and are quite literally risking their lives for their love.

Chronicling the plight of the young lovers, New York Times journalist, Rod Nordland tells their extraordinary story of courage, perseverance and love in one of the world's most troubled countries told against the bigger backdrop of the horrific but widespread practices that women are subjected to in Afghanistan.