The stories and poems posted this week were written by Afghan girls ages 12 to 15. They are participating in the Afghan Women’s Writing Project in small online writing workshops.
AWWP mentors and editors provide volunteer support to help these girls and many other young Afghan women in our workshops to write their stories in English. We help to provide Internet service, and transportation for young women to attend a monthly writing workshop in Afghanistan.
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Stories and Essays
- The Story of Rabia Balkhi, by Alia
- When I Was Seven, by Alia
- The Burden of Being a Girl, by Arifa
- My Sisters and Me, by Madia
- The Story of Nadia, by Sadaf
- Winter in Kandahar, by Shahira
Poems
- My Mother Said Be Happy, by Madia
- Talking with Flowers, by Madia
- Life, by Sadaf
- Big Land, by Shahira
Photo by Phil Borges; graphics by Blatman Design.