The Protest

2009 protest against Shia Family Law

Sleeping shouts
Came out for the first time in their lives
Because they were tired of injustice

Lessons from Mother to Child

mother_child_afghan

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.”

Mummy

A garden in Badakhshan

You showed me the addresses
Of happy streets

Have a Look at the Last Ten Years

tv-presenter

Consider Parwin, the sixteen-year-old girl who agreed to marry an old warlord if he would stop fighting against the government.

A Decision

woman in shadows behind bars

I want to shout
Secretly I cross
I cross out everything

The Hope Revolution

woman and mother-in-law

First, I say Salaam, or peace be with you, to those men who, against all odds, stand behind women’s progress even if it forces them to conduct their lives as secretly as many women.

Going to School and Wishes

girl in red with blackboard

When I asked her about school, she said, “Our province (Parvan province) has Taliban and when we go to school my father is afraid for us. They might kill my father.”

In My Girlish Dreams

shadows

In my girlish dreams
I am waiting for a name
Name of Arash
Who will discover my heart?

My Little Angel

Masooma's sister

Can she go to school?
No I will not let them
Destroy her dreams. I will fight
for my little angel, and my other sisters in my land

Afghan Feminist Thought, part 3

mohseni

Men often quote a hadith (a saying) from the Prophet Mohammad in which he asked his daughter, “Who is the best woman?”