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Tag: Afghan poetry

A poem for my future daughter

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Arefa Baharat Saber My daughter! My moon. My beloved: Do not come here. Except for the threads you will use…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan poetry, Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, empowerment, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, women's rights

Let us break this silence

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Laili Ghazal For too long, the night has taken us hostage And our voices haven’t escaped our throats. We have…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan poetry, Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, empowerment, equality, GBV, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, misogyny, trauma, women, women's rights

Silent Miracle

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Free Women Writers

I write for you, Oh forgotten gender, Silent miracle, One who travels with dust and fog. I write for you,…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan poetry, Afghan Women, Afghanistan, equality, Solidarity1 Comment on Silent Miracle

Equal

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Free Women Writers

Zahra A. You and I, we are equal. Men of my society, The mullah who gives fatwas at the mosque,…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan poetry, Afghan Women, Afghanistan, equality, freedom, Gender Equality, Poetry, Radicalism, women

Being Free

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Free Women Writers

Nilofar Langar To all women for I love them Let’s believe in living freely, Laughing freely and crying unabashedly. Let’s…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan poetry, Afghan Women, freedom, Gender Equality

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Free Women Writers (also known as دختران رابعه) is an all-volunteer collective of writers, students, and activists based in Afghanistan and the diaspora and working for a more equal and just Afghanistan

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