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"To be a father of daughters in the Taliban’s Afghanistan has become a daily
nightmare for Amir. Now, he says, he is more prison guard than loving parent,
an unwilling and unpaid enforcer of a system of gender apartheid that he
despises yet feels compelled to inflict on his two teenage girls in order to
protect them from the Taliban’s rage and reprisals.
Just a few years ago, Amir’s daughters had a life and a future. They went to
school, to see friends and moved around their community. Now, he says he would
prefer it if his daughters never left the house. He, like many other fathers in
Afghanistan, has heard stories about what can happen to young women who find
themselves in the crosshairs of the Taliban’s “morality police”.
In the rare instances when their begging and pleading to be allowed out in the
world gets too much for him, he ensures they go accompanied by a male member of
the family and are fully covered.
“I insist that they wear the hijab and I tell them they are not allowed to
laugh outside the house or at the market,” he says. “The ‘morality police’ are
very strict, and if they don’t comply, they might get detained.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics