The bread of hope in Fatema’s burned hands
This narrative has been published in partnership with the Guardian. My name is Fatema*. I am 32 years old and a mother of six children: four sons and two daughters. Every day, my sister Marzia and…
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Reports
‘Her face was beaten in’: how Taliban rule ushered in a new era of women being killed
This report has been published in partnership with the Guardian. In a voice message recorded weeks before she died, Liza Shams, 33, asks a relative to pray for her. “There’s no…
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Afghan women: The largest imprisoned population in the world
This year marks the fourth International Women’s Day in which the Taliban have imprisoned Afghan women and girls inside their…
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Launching the International Declaration on Gender Apartheid to honour Afghan women’s resistance
To mark the tragic fifth anniversary of the second Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and of Afghan women’s heroic resistance to it, the International Declaration on Gender Apartheid and Its Destructive…
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Interviews
Abarzanan: Rada Akbar’s artistic tribute to the resistance of Afghan women
Rada Akbar is one of the most distinguished figures in contemporary art. The prominent Afghan visual artist, photographer, and cultural activist turns art into a tool for storytelling, awareness, and…
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Narrative
The undercover journalist
The fear of being exposed is constant. Every time someone knocks on our gate, I panic. Whenever I hear the sound, I immediately hide my laptop under my mattress because…
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Arts & Culture
A life as wide as the courtyard: A review of ‘Let Me Write to You’
The story Let Me Write to You by Nahid Mehregan takes place in the city of Herat during the first Taliban rule. The novel narrates the lives of several women…
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