Would you risk death to write poetry?
The women of Kabul’s Ladies’ Literary Society do just that – meeting secretly and often risking their lives to write poems.
Pictured, Lima Niaza, age 15, joined the society two years ago.
She addressed her latest poem to the Taliban:
You won’t allow me to go to school.
I won’t become a doctor.
Remember this:
One day you will be sick.Learn more about the women of Afghanistan’s largest women’s literary society.
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