Making a Better World for Girls
When I see young children on our streets selling cigarettes and gum, polishing people’s shoes, cleaning cars, and begging instead of studying it makes me even more determined to stay in school.
Take Responsibility for Peace
People should not be thinking: “This person is Tajik, this person is Hazara, this person is Pashtun.”
I Dream of a Healthy Afghan Society
I want to create a national hospital in Kabul with extensions to all the provinces in Afghanistan. In this way people in Afghanistan will not have to go to other countries like Pakistan or Iran for treatment.
Being a Girl in Afghanistan
Instead of encouraging me, the enemies of education for girls burn our books.
Eid, My Favorite Holiday
Children like getting the Eid gifts, but adults like the part of Eid that calls for reconciliation.
Give Afghan Women Credit for Their Strength
This woman said: “I will neither go to my husband or my father, because one of them sells me and the other one buys me.” I am not a piece of dull equipment to be used.”
My Beautiful and Lovely Kandahar
I love the fresh fruit, the dry fruit: pomegranates,
raisins, figs. I love the kohl, henna and bangles,
the clothing, pottery, flowers, gardens.
When I Was Seventeen
The doctor began to cry. He wiped away his tears and told me, “I don’t want to say that you should not work hard.
My Mother and Me
My mother’s dream for me is that I will become a doctor.