The Last Bell:
Stories of Afghan Girls Erased from Classrooms
Behind locked doors, their stories endure. Step directly into the raw daily lives, defiant dreams, and quiet resistance of Afghan schoolgirls navigating their fifth year in exile from the classroom.
If I Were Free: The Simple Dreams Stolen from an Afghan Girl
If I were free, I would sit on the grassy lawns of Kabul’s parks with a cup of tea and…
Read MoreForced to Watch Our Dreams Be Buried Alive
Every morning, the young men of my country pass by my window, their backpacks filled with the promise of tomorrow….
Read MoreThe Nation as a Woman: Pain, Resilience, and the Phoenix of Afghanistan
If Afghanistan were a human being, it would be a woman. She would be Rudaba, the legendary maiden whose devotion…
Read MoreErased from Society: The Silent Crisis Facing Afghanistan’s Women
How many people across the world truly understand what is happening in the heart of Asia? In Afghanistan, girls are…
Read MoreFrozen in the Seventh Grade: The Lost Years of an Afghan Schoolgirl
When the school gates were locked while I was in the seventh grade, I believed it was only temporary –…
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