Family Quote by Sonita Alizadeh

“A Girl from Afghanistan”

— Fariba Ghorbani

“My country is still in chains of bloody and terrorist fundamentalists. The situation in Afghanistan and conditions of its ill-fated women will never change…

— Malalai Joya

The women of Afghanistan have a voice, and it needs to be heard and not forgotten.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Not long ago, women in Afghanistan were required by Taliban leadership to be covered nearly head-to-toe and were barely allowed to leave the home;…

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

Being a rapper as a woman is not a good thing in Afghanistan. I kind of put my life in danger whenever I go…

— Sonita Alizadeh

“In Afghanistan when a woman is widowed, she is generally taken in by her late husband’s family. His brother might marry her if she…

— Douglas Grindle

In all the debate about Afghanistan, we don't hear much about our obligation to the wretched lives of Afghan women. They are being treated…

— Tina Brown

The future of Afghanistan is incredibly dark, and decisions are happening incredibly quickly. Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections…

— Eliza Griswold

It would be very hard to bring a wife to Afghanistan. In America, I'd have no problem with her doing whatever she wanted, but…

— Hyder Akbar

“Women in my country take their rights for granted and completely dissociate themselves from the women's rights movement and feminism. But I think anything's…

— Cheryl Benard quoting Lorrie

The story of what has happened to women in Afghanistan, however, is a very important one, and fertile ground for fiction.

— Khaled Hosseini

When girls in Canada dream about becoming members of parliament, they have a pretty good expectation that parliament is going to be around for…

— Deborah Ellis