Brave Kabul
When I talk about you
My words fall in love with each other
Write for Kabul
May 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
An Afghan Woman’s Message to the NATO Conference
May 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
If I were in Chicago speaking on behalf of the women of my country, I would ask for help for Afghan women to build more schools. I would ask for support for Afghan policewomen and female teachers and for help to build more hospitals for Afghan women and children in areas where women are not allowed to go to the hospital.
Why Leave It to the Afghan Men to Decide?
May 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
So I have a question for NATO and the USA: why didn’t they invite the women?
Get Up
May 17, 2012 3 Comments
My Afghan girl, get up
Don’t be silent, don’t be crying.
Take the pen, write your future.
The Protest
May 17, 2012 2 Comments
Sleeping shouts
Came out for the first time in their lives
Because they were tired of injustice
The Taliban Takeover, part 1
May 17, 2012 2 Comments
The Afghan people had lost two of their heroes… the Taliban had taken over the country in such a short time.
Revenge Marriage
May 14, 2012 4 Comments
The family had decided to kill us. They not only wanted to kill us, but stone us to death to teach women and girls a lesson.
Lullaby
May 12, 2012 9 Comments
People are unmerciful,
But you should be kind.
The world is a mystery,
But you should be an explorer.
Lessons from Mother to Child
May 12, 2012 3 Comments
I feel proud and so lucky because I am a mother now. I am going crazy anticipating the time my son will call me “Mummy.”
If I Were an Artist
May 9, 2012 5 Comments
If I were a good artist and had a block of stone, a hammer and chisel, I would carve a beautiful woman.
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