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NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A collection of firsthand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban

After decades of significant progress the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are once again dependent on radical Islamists who reject gender equality When the United States announced the end of their twentyyear occupation and the Taliban seized control of the country on August 15 2021 a steep regression of social political and economic freedoms for women in the country began

But just because a brutal regime has taken over doesnt mean Afghan women will stand by while their rights are stripped away In We Are Still Here artist and activist Nahid Shahalimi compiles the voices of thirteen powerful insightful and influential Afghan women who have worked as politicians journalists scientists filmmakers artists coders musicians and more As they reflect on their countrys past stories of their own upbringing and the ways they have been able to empower girls and women over the past two decades emerge They report on the fear and pain caused by the impending loss of their homeland but above all on what many girls and women in Afghanistan have already lost freedom selfdetermination and joy

The result is an arresting book that issues an appeal to remember Afghan girls and women and to show solidarity with them Like us they have a right to freedom and dignity and together we must fight for their place in the free world because Afghanistan is only geographically distant Extremist ideas know no limits