“In Afghanistan, not much is for certain other than an open sky and eventual death. In between the two is family.” — Jenny Nordberg Afghanistan Copy Share Image
“It is not just a human rights argument, it is the Warren Buffett argument and the Christine Lagarde argument: Countries that want… — Jenny Nordberg Human rights Copy Share Image
“The harem could not be supervised by men because they posed a potential threat to the women’s chastity and the king’s bloodline.… — Jenny Nordberg Harem Copy Share Image
“Afghanistan, believed by anthropologists to be one of the original historical meeting places between the East and the West, has in fact… — Jenny Nordberg Afghanistan Copy Share Image
“Since many donor countries required development projects—from agriculture to politics—to consider specifically how the lives of Afghan women were to be improved,… — Jenny Nordberg Afghan Copy Share Image
“I hear her smiling when she describes her outfit: “I made myself fashionable. And diplomatic. They all took my picture. The BBC,… — Jenny Nordberg Journalist Copy Share Image
“Louis Duprée described this contradiction in his work on Afghanistan: “Islam, in essence, is not a backward, anti-progressive, anti-modern religion, although many… — Jenny Nordberg Islam Copy Share Image
“When one gender is so unwanted, so despised, and so suppressed in a place where daughters are expressly unwanted, perhaps both the… — Jenny Nordberg Becoming a woman Copy Share Image
“She could be dismissed as a dokhtar zai, or “she who only brings daughters.” Still, this is not as grave an insult… — Jenny Nordberg Childless Copy Share Image
“Those hundreds of “gender projects” funded by aid money might have been more effective if they had also included men. The fact… — Jenny Nordberg Feminism Copy Share Image
“In Pashto, Afghanistan’s second official language, there is even a deprecating name for a man who has no sons: He is a… — Jenny Nordberg Israel Copy Share Image
“Tell me,” I ask Siddiqua, “what is the secret to being married for so long?” She looks at me like I am… — Jenny Nordberg Marriage Copy Share Image
“Nancy had neither seen nor heard of girls who dressed as boys and could think of no documentation on the topic through… — Jenny Nordberg Little girl Copy Share Image
“the gains of women in Afghanistan once again directly contributed to war, as their fate was mixed into the powder keg of… — Jenny Nordberg Afghanistan Copy Share Image
“The old Afghan expression zan, zar waa, zamin summarizes the ever-present threat against men’s personal property, which was always the main reason… — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
“The majority of marriages are still forced, honor killings are not unusual, and any involvement of the justice system in a rape… — Jenny Nordberg Honor killing Copy Share Image
