My Allah
All praises to youMy kind almighty We worship youOnly you Open the doors of hopeBless us My Allah, hear me!End the war in our country We cannot tolerateSuicide attacks One person kills himselfA...
View ArticleMy Dearest Angel Father
Greetings from my deepest heart, from all my cells, and from my soul to you. I am so excited I am writing this letter that my heart is beating and my eyes are full of tears. I don’t know what to write...
View ArticleTraveling Tales
It is always the same. When I am going to make a trip I cannot sleep the night before, feeling nervous, excited, counting the stars until it is morning. I remember my mother always said, “Traveling...
View ArticleTriumph
We Women Will Win Together Together We Are The Perfume In every flower We Grow Stars On...
View ArticleRemember to Forget
I know the winterIn my life is long and lonely Close the winter doors—Burn, smile,Warm me in the cold winter I will be a child againAnd forget about the world The moon hides himselfBehind the...
View ArticleA World of Difference
This poem is about how I feel when I talk with my western sisters and get to know them. I know we are different. They swim in the ocean of success; we are sunk in the ocean under the same sky. We are...
View ArticleRainy Eyes
My wounds are freshMy mouth full of bloodI am tired, as if the airIs poisoned The river behind my house isFull of my tears I can’t say, Stop!My eyes rain tearsIn the middle of the night I am not a...
View ArticleI Am Married with You, Afghanistan
Once, a Chinese student in an international class asked me to tell her about my country. I was embarrassed. My face got red and I did not answer her question. She looked at me and insisted, “Please...
View ArticleDust off Our Hearts and Find Love
Life is the same, every day. I wake up early in the mornings with stress, rushing, complaining, and forgetting from morning until evening, like a machine. Leaving the house I see my neighbor, but we...
View ArticleNorwan introduction
Norwan is an Afghan woman who is married and expecting her first child. She wants to write for AWWP in order to tell the world more about the situation of Afghan women.
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