When you raise your shaking fist, Screaming taunts and insults at me,I wish you’d hit me So there would be…
Author: Free Women Writers
Peace in Afghanistan is not only the end of war
Mariam Atahi I was only a child but I still remember; it was fall and we were excited for winter…
Peace in Afghanistan will not last without transparency and inclusivity
Nargis Azaryun After the collapse of Taliban, for the first time in my life I saw women go out of…
Fighting for justice with poetry
First, they told us to wear burqas.Then, they told us to wear all black and only let our eyes peek…
Poème pour les filles
Ecrit par Mariam Alimi — Traduit en Français Cendrine Jarraud-Leblanc Si tu es une fille,Que tu sois née noire, métisse ou…
Standing up against abuse with Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team
Written by Shamila Kohestani It has been over a month since the Guardian published an article bringing light to allegations…
Short poems of resistance written by Afghan women
You can love me,You can hate me,But you can never ignore me,Because I’ll never be housebound again.-Benafsha Jahanara — When…
In Solidarity with the Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team
Written by Shamila Kohestani As the first captain of the Afghanistan Women’s National Football team and one of the people…
A voice they can’t ignore
Written by By Shogofa Alizada They expect us to be “good” daughters and wives,But they don’t knowHow much it hurts…
Sexism and Depression Go Hand in Hand in Afghanistan
Written by Fariha Wakilzada Recently one of my relatives was forced into marriage in Herat, Afghanistan. Soon after the wedding,…