Mahbooba: A Girl Who Fell Victim to Poverty and Forced Marriage
Tales of the Dark Age (No. 102) By Hedieh Ahmadi It was the last days of autumn, and Mahbubeh was slowly approaching her ninth birthday. Nine is the age of…
Firoza: The Girl Who Wanted to Learn
Tales of the Dark Age (No. 96) By Momtaz Hossini. Translated by Rostam Safdari One afternoon in Kabul, I heard about Firoza from a woman who had known her family…
A Life Cut Short: Forced Marriage and the Death of a 19-Year-Old Girl in Miramor
Reported by Mohammad Hakim | Translated by Rostam Safdari In the remote mountain villages of Miramor district in Daikundi province, the death of 19-year-old Benazir Ahmadi has left the community…
Forced Marriage Took Noriya’s Life
Tales of the Dark Age (66) Written by: Mumtaz Hosseini, Translated by: Shekib Jaghori Noriya was born into a very traditional and religious family in a remote district of Uruzgan…