Yesterday I posted a picture with no explanation.
It was on the news the previous few days — I wonder if anyone noticed it.
It was an image of a painter painting over images of women in the window of a Kabul beauty salon in Kabul, Afghanistan. The photo was shared by Lotfullah Najafizada, the head of the Afghan news outlet Tolonews TV, on Sunday.
According to a Yahoo News article, under the hardline version of sharia law that the Taliban imposed the last time they controlled the capital, women and girls were mostly denied education or employment. Full face coverings became mandatory in public and they could not leave home without a male companion. Public floggings and executions, including stoning for adultery, were carried out in city squares and stadiums.
Is this what the world has gone back to?
Is this where the world is going to?
I won’t pretend. I can’t even begin to imagine an oppression like that.
Yet there it is. The thought. The apprehension. The fear of this way of life returning to the women of Afghanistan.
One woman’s thought echoes the feelings of millions of women standing on the edge:
“The fear just sits inside your chest like a black bird,” added Muska Dastageer, a lecturer at the American University of Afghanistan, which opened its doors five years after the Taliban were ousted. “It opens its wings and you can’t breathe.”
Let us hope that this time things will be different.
Let us pray that this time things will be different.
Humoring the Goddess 
So does everyone.
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I just pray they don’t move too far backwards with the new regime.
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Indeed. Sadly, it’s the way it’s always been.
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it’s a sad situation in Afghanistan. The countries history repeats itself again and again. We hope the government can come ut the right side against the Taliban this time
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Men start wars and women suffer. An old age occurrence..how sad is this
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I agree. It left an impression on me too, that I am still thinking about. Thanks again for sharing.
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I should have said more. It was just one of those pictures that passed you by online.
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I saw the picture of the painter on your blog, but couldn’t quite figure out what was happening in it. What’s happening in Afghanistan is heart-breaking.
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Indeed it is. The picture of the painter painting over modern women is what got me.
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So heartbreaking. 💔
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And that will be like … never
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Nothing will ever be different for women anywhere until men are not in charge of their lives.
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