hazara
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Between Lines and Lands
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” -Constitution of the United States- First Amendment We are supposedly… Continue reading
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The Protest That Wasn’t
Friday March 13 11:25 pm There were many Instagram stories about the upcoming protest that was supposed to take place on Friday from 11:05 pm to the end of lunch by students who wanted to make a move against the current President Trump administration and ICE. Unsure of how this move of mine would affect… Continue reading
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“How Dare She?”
What to be feared more Then a woke woman Then one who sees behind the circus curtains Then one who doesn’t follows blind the oppression She is dangerous to patriarchal culture A theath that refuses to worshipfully suffer How dare she speak with a mind of her own? Definitely her faith that is by the… Continue reading
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Bride Of Buried Dignity
There comes the small will of desire in pride With the pain of generational trauma as a bride The bride to a country of unlivables, buried underneath Of dignity that snatches women’s lives? died Continue reading
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Heaven Was Mandatory
“An essay and presentation due Friday, you choose the topic.” It took less than a minute, and all of a sudden I recall the dear a country ruled by thieves; kleptocracy and kakistocracy -government by the worst, and a system built on the rountin violation of human rights in my country. How can such a… Continue reading
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Phone call
…My phone rang… It was two of my dad side aunts behind the phone, people I hadn’t seen in five years now. It felt like they were placed in my subconscious. I could tell I knew them, but a feeling kept me from truly knowing them. I couldn’t hardly understand their accent. Their deep accent… Continue reading
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Every little counts…
It has been 5 years since I’ve been out of Afghanistan. Since the country is in civil tensions within itself, the only thing that provides a sense of belonging is my culture, Hazara culture. Yet I don’t know it well enough to know how to embrace it. Born and raised in Kabul, neither my city… Continue reading
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“…I’ve been away from home for 5 years now…”
“Liar-“ I learned about calling your country home in history class when many cartoons showed the US worrying more about civilizing other countries than “home”. Now it appears to me that I’ve never called my country home before this, but I missed our house where we lived in Afghanistan. Would that make me a patriot?… Continue reading
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Just a feeling
…I want to be a lawyer someday… “But what if I couldn’t and left behind the words that now sound like a bluff? Could I then be ever respected?”I think so… In fact may have everyone has had a dream they left behind, whether being a princess or a doctor? Probably yes“But wouldn’t it be… Continue reading
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Borderlines
“And that’s what happened during the Vietnam War. Setaish anything about Afghanistan you want to add?” Yes… Then maybe I can repeat what I’ve memorized from the news just before coming to class. To be able to answer it as if my life depends on it, because most of the information known by others around… Continue reading
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