Written by: Wadia Samadi You are birthed by one of us, Yet, we are nothing to you but objects. Your…
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End Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan
Written by: Afsheen After seizing power, the Taliban de facto regime instituted a system of gender apartheid, mainly placing the…
Afghan, A Poem
Written by Pary Shuaib Generations of refugeesWhat will our identity beAfter we’re robbed and rapedAll our neighbors participateThe international communityThanked…
URGENT: Support Free Press and Etilaat Roz Newspaper in Afghanistan
Free Women Writers is facilitating a fundraiser for Etilaat Roz Newspaper to support free press in Afghanistan. Click here to make…
Vice President Harris and Dr. Biden: Your Silence on Afghan Women Is Deafening
Sohaila Wali is the sister of the late Sima Wali, a renowned Afghan women’s rights and human rights activist who died…
URGENT: Support Afghan Women Activists Fleeing Taliban
Free Women Writers, in collaboration with Femena is raising funds to support women activists and human rights defenders who are escaping Taliban…
I reject, I resist, I rewrite.
Written by Sahar Wakilzada You told me to cover up.You told me to not wear makeup.You told me to not…
Daring to Bloom
Written by Suhaila Bawar We’re Afghan girls,Beautiful as roses.Our field is destroyed.The ground we grow from is dryer than our…
The women of Afghanistan need sisters, not saviors.
Speech by Free Women Writers Founder Noorjahan Akbar at a protest on August 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. My name…
University Taliban
Written by Human Rights Activist Batul Moradi Like every day, I arrived at the library at 08:00am. This is my…