Yalda Sarwar The first time it happened I was on a bus. We had just returned to Afghanistan after the fall…
Tag: gender-based violence
An Afghan Woman in the Hallways of Family Court
Rahima Safari “How can you do this to me? After all the things I did for you and your family,…
What I Learned from Women in Sar-e-Pul’s Villages
Massouda Kohistani Recently, I had a trip to investigate the security situation and its impact on the residents of Sar-e-Pul…
Where will you find refuge?
Arefa Baharat Saber This poem is for Manizha, a young Afghan girl who was raped by her father in Nimruz,…
Time to break our silence
Wadia Samadi Silence: the prevailing language of Afghan women. Our grandmothers were silenced; our mothers were silenced. It is time…
Stones of honor
Shabana Stanekzai They threw stones at me Their bodies less holy than my own. They were lost in lust and…
I die every day, why am I still alive?
Florence Faqiryar This poem is for the thousands of Afghan women living with abuse, rape and violence. You are not…
A poem for my future daughter
Arefa Baharat Saber My daughter! My moon. My beloved: Do not come here. Except for the threads you will use…
Interview- Let Farkhunda’s Death Not Be in Vain: the Movement Continues
More than a year has passed since the despicable lynching of Farkhanda Malikzada for her baseless allegation of burning the Holy…
To be an Afghan woman
Wadia Samadi I am born, and it is all quiet at home. To my parents I am already someone else’s…