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Crying the First Time
Who am I? I am the creature who at the time of being born, while crying for the first time, I heard, “Oh the wretch, why the girl? Why didn’t she give birth to the boy?” I am the one who was always...
View ArticleLeena G. introduction
Leena G. is trained as a dentist and works in human rights in an eastern province. She joined AWWP to write poetry about Afghan women and to support them with her writing.
View ArticleIt Could Be Me
Whenever people talk about gender-based violence in Afghanistan, they mostly think it is only about girls. At some point I have come to the same conclusion because 90 percent of the violence in...
View ArticleFrom Nangarhar: The Frightening Winter of 2016
The Taliban and Daesh are entrenched in eight districts of Nangarhar province and fighting against each other. Hundreds of schools have been locked and closed.
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