“I close the door and the window and play the violin”: an Afghan girl’s forbidden wish
She puts the violin on her left shoulder and moves the bow slowly over the strings. Manizha Rahimi says the...
Read moreShe puts the violin on her left shoulder and moves the bow slowly over the strings. Manizha Rahimi says the...
Read moreHer body is still covered in bruises and wounds. Her thighs especially bear marks of a brutal beating by the...
Read moreShahla has found them to be dangerous and distressing workplaces, where female staff risk sexual harassment, verbal humiliation, and even...
Read moreOn May first, Shukria Rezayi* checked her email account nervously. After weeks of waiting, she had almost given up hope....
Read moreA cold spring wind is blowing on a cloudy day in Dar-e-Ali (Ali Valley) in Bamyan’s Yakawlang district. It is...
Read moreTwenty years of the Taliban war have left many victims; not only soldiers killed on the battlefield but their wives...
Read moreIn Badghis province, a group of girls gather around a radio. It’s three o’clock on a Saturday afternoon and they...
Read moreA woman dressed in a light blue, flower-embroidered dress stands in the center of the picture, gripping the sun in...
Read moreAs the sun rises, Nahid*, a 26-year-old cosmetics vendor in the Khadijatul Kobra Market, begins her daily routine. Ahead of...
Read moreRoya* is one of the few artists in Herat who prefers to create nude art and life paintings. It’s a...
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