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I wish I was more prepared for my first period

Mursal I was twelve years old when it happened. I will never forget that terrible feeling. I was so scared…

Laila Darwishi Believe me when I say I am not only a muse for your ghazals. I do not split…

Hosnia Mohseni I can be beautiful and put together Without an occasion Just for my own gaze, And I can…

Wodood Khan Husainy My little sister was on the phone. She was asking someone to stop harassing her. “Who is…

Laila Darwishi The daughter of my country, The girl in my classroom, on my streets, Is awake and ready for…

By an anonymous writer from Afghanistan My parents wanted a son, My birth disappointed them. A few weeks after I…

DAUGHTER OF AFGHANISTAN Shirin Zahra I am like spring. My hair full of blossoms, My heart brightened with sunshine, My…

Nazanin Haidari Among most of our communities in Afghanistan, if a girl becomes an orphan or a woman loses her…

Yalda Sarwar The first time it happened I was on a bus. We had just returned to Afghanistan after the fall…

Free Women Writers Staff Gender-based violence is a global problem that continues to stifle women and girls and prevent them…