The collective diary of 21 women, compiled using WhatsApp messages, is an intimate, courageous chronicle of life as it unfolds under Taliban rule
A member of the Taliban stands guard as women wait to receive rations distributed by aid workers in Kabul, May 2023.A member of the Taliban stands guard as women wait to receive rations distributed by aid workers in Kabul, May 2023.in August 2021, women across the Afghan capital began a painful process of textual self-erasure in anticipation of the house-to-house searches that would inevitably follow.
As gunshots and explosions subside, fear continues to taint every aspect of life, exacerbated by inflation and power cuts, by bureaucratic impasses and by the humiliation the women face at the hands of emboldened men in shops and on the streets. Freedoms are snatched from them, and with schools, offices and eventually public parks forbidden, the claustrophobia is palpable. As a cultural activist named Naeema writes: “Three years ago, I was involved in publishing 10 books for children.
Bravery takes the form of lipstick as well as spray-painted graffiti, of going to the office knowing there are checkpoints ahead Sometimes nothing more than raw feeling is forthcoming: anger and terror, despair and confusion. As aid worker Atifa writes from Herat, in the western part of the country: “It is meaningless to hope or wish, forbidden in fact.” The women’s need to appear strong for their families becomes a recurring theme but in this virtual safe house, there is room for every emotion.
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