Wadia Samadi I am born, and it is all quiet at home. To my parents I am already someone else’s…
Tag: freedom
The global street harassment myth that has to die
Noorjahan Akbar I recently realized that about ten years have passed since I took my first job in a women’s…
Too young to wed, too young to mother
Awesta Telyar Azada Neda cries every time her child cries. She was only fourteen when her family decided to marry…
When Women Learn to Protect Patriarchy
Kamila Ataee Afghanistan is a country that has experienced more than three decades of war and its citizens have gone…
They will judge you
Roya Habibi If you are a woman, they judge you. They scrutinize your every smile, Your face, which you didn’t…
After Taliban, my hometown has become unrecognizable
Despite being far from the capital city and not having enough resources and facilities, Sare Pul was secure. One of…
Forgotten whips
Shabana Stanekzai It was nearly the time for mid-afternoon prayer. I left home nervously. Kabul streets were desolate. People were…
Afghanistan’s Custody Laws Are Legal Injustice
By Munera Yosufzada My neighbor, Parasto, visited us yesterday. She told me about how after her husband’s death, her father-in-law…
Equal
Zahra A. You and I, we are equal. Men of my society, The mullah who gives fatwas at the mosque,…
Scream your silence
Sana Arab Scream, woman. Scream your silence, Your throat And the quiet storm of death Soaring inside you. Call for…