Is My Life My Right?
When I want to complain or want ask for something, people say to me, “Breathing is enough for you. You should be grateful that you are alive, so don’t ask anything more.”
Hope for Spring in Our Hearts
Look how beautifully she has drawn
the flowers and trees. Everywhere—
beautiful buds and blooms.
Hurray!
The Blank Vote
If you don’t have a candidate, a white vote shows that you are a citizen of Afghanistan and that the fate and future of Afghanistan are important to you.
Mahtab, Victim of Forced Marriage
As a young girl, Mahtab’s biggest fear was that her father would force her to marry a man she did not like, as he had done to her sister.
One Repeat
All of my days
Repeat
A sad and endless
Repeat
Shadow on My Wall
As an Afghan girl, my biggest fear is that one day again the Taliban will take control in Afghanistan.
An Afghan Girl’s Feelings About Life
“My father always says that a woman’s intellect is not complete, so we should not listen to her talk. These ideas hurt me and make me crazy. Why do men think they are the only wise humans?”
An Educated Mother
Uneducated mothers expect less from their children; therefore the children expect less of themselves.
A Woman Named Arefah
Perhaps you have read about violence committed against Afghan women in media reports, but the one I’m about to tell you is the worst I’ve ever heard of in Herat province.