I am so sorry, Helai. Any story I can tell about past injustices I've had as a woman look very small compared to yours. A country that treats half its population as disposable (except for having children and working in the home) will never realize its full potential.
Please keep your hope alive. When you are feeling despair, please remember this poem:
Taliban or Christian Nationalist - the only difference is the Holy Bible versus the Holy Koran. Choose wisely in November - elections have consequences.
I am so sorry, Helai. Any story I can tell about past injustices I've had as a woman look very small compared to yours. A country that treats half its population as disposable (except for having children and working in the home) will never realize its full potential.
Please keep your hope alive. When you are feeling despair, please remember this poem:
The Day the Mountains Move
Yosano Akiko (1911)
The day the mountains move has come.
I speak, but no one believes me.
For a time the mountains have been asleep,
But long ago they danced with fire.
It doesn’t matter if you believe this,
My friends, as long as you believe:
All the sleeping women
Are now awake and moving.
Your story is very difficult to read- and so much worse to live through that. My heart goes out to you and your sister, and all the others.
Taliban or Christian Nationalist - the only difference is the Holy Bible versus the Holy Koran. Choose wisely in November - elections have consequences.