From Matchbox We Are Here: Writings by Afghan Women

If I were to say where my books have taken me

Books have led me to forbidden places; revealing my journey would invite society's merciless stones.

By Orphaned Afghan girls (ages 10-14)

September 22, 2025

If I were to say where my books have taken me,

The men of this age would stone me mercilessly.

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