What I Learned When We Escaped the Taliban
We didn’t stop for long. My father and the other neighbors discussed how long it would take the Taliban to find us because the mountains were not far from our village.
What I Learned When We Escaped the Taliban
We didn’t stop for long. My father and the other neighbors discussed how long it would take the Taliban to find us because the mountains were not far from our village.
Good Fairies
When you marry a wife you carry
Less sadness
For she carries half for you.
Eid Brings Us Happiness and Laughter
Muslim people in Afghanistan and all over the world are getting ready for the Eid-e-Qurban this week.
My Nightmare
I dream I am sitting with family
all of us together, laughing at a TV show,
and all is peaceful;
then, suddenly—Taliban appear in the hills
Mami, Bobo, Maman, Heaven Is Under Your Feet
Mother is the loveliest word in the world. She is a huge gift from Allah to us.
I’m Talking to You
Oh corruption!
You are the darkness!
The long road filled with horror
Letter to an Orphan
I know you lost your father and mother
To war, to suicide attacks
And bomb blasts.
I know you wish it had been you who died
The Goat and the Butcher
The goat thinks about its life, and the butcher thinks about how much oil he will receive from this goat.