The stories and poems posted this week were written by Afghan girls ages 13 to 16. 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

• School Friends, by Alia
• Cook a Potato, by Arifa
• The Streets Will Be Washed by Rain, by Asma
• The Cause of Violence Is Money, by Mahsa
• I Will Be Brave, by Shahida

Poems

• Like a Breeze, by Farida
• Power Means Not Killing, by Mahsa
• What Is?, by Sadaff
• Worldly Butterfly, Shahida

Enjoy
Susan Postlewaite
Director of Editing

Photo by Phil Borges; graphics by Blatman Design.