Happiness Is Feeling Safe One Day
When I see girls wearing trousers and carrying a bag I know they are educated and so I ask for help from them.
An Illiterate Maid Asks for Respect
On a rainy day I will ask them not to enter the room with muddy shoes. Some agree and wipe their shoes and treat me with respect like a mother.
Washing and Cleaning
My husband and I are illiterate. When my husband can find a job during the day, we are happy because then we have money to buy something.
The Unequal Divide of Illiteracy
It’s not so nice, this differentiation between educated and uneducated persons.
Taliban Did Not Let Girls Go to School
When I start each day I hope that it will be a good day, that my children will be happy and we will have good food that day to eat.
Raise Your Voice
The husband in the family was an addict. He was always clobbering his wife and didn’t pay the family’s bills.
No Rights for the Orphans
No one helped the children when their parents died. The orphaned children try to work to care for themselves, but they are very poor.
Fear of Disgrace and Tumult
The father of the family was away for four years and when he returned home, he divorced his wife.
It Starts With Us
In Afghanistan everyone is involved with human rights problems. No man or woman is comfortable and even our children do not have their rights.