From Matchbox We Are Here: Writings by Afghan Women

With great passion and hope

Hopeful passion for learning brutally crushed, leaving a devoted spirit broken, lost in fading despair

By Orphaned Afghan girls (ages 10-14)

September 22, 2025

With great passion and hope, I went to study and learn,

But they broke my hands and feet so I couldn’t return.

I was devoted to learning, yet they made me lose my way,

Now I’m left in despair, as my fate fades away.

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