
City streets devoid of women but full of hijab posters
By Khadija Haidari* Every day as I pass an educational center for young boys and girls, I can’t help but notice the slogan boldly written
By Khadija Haidari* Every day as I pass an educational center for young boys and girls, I can’t help but notice the slogan boldly written
By Azada* Fatima Amiri tells her story: One day before the terrorist attack on the Kaaj education centre on September 30, 2022, our class had a
By Sana Atef* I have been working as a local reporter for Zan Times for about seven months now. It is very difficult for a
By Saba Masih* My brother was the head of the criminal investigation unit in a police station in Kabul when the Taliban seized power in
By Ramazan* I have been working as a journalist with many different media organizations since the early 2000s. I even established a weekly newspaper, which
By Azada* “Every time before I go to the protests, visions of a dark prison haunt me – I am sitting on the cold floor
By Salima Rahmani* The Taliban have completely disrupted my children’s lives. When the Taliban forbade them from attending school or university, Parwana was in grade
By Zahra Nader After Kabul fell to the Taliban, the potted flowers in my home dried up, just like my dreams to return to my
By Rukhsar Ahmadi I started playing ping pong when I was in grade 11. In the beginning, we used to play among ourselves in school,
By Sara* August 15, 2021 was a black day for me. I was at work in Kabul when the managers dismissed everyone at 11 a.m.,