Tuesday, February 04, 2003
In the unlikely occurrence that the Talibans suddenly invade my country, many things would be forced on me…
1) I couldn’t wear any make-up, not even lipstick (Which is not a loss, believe me)
2) I would have to stay in the house for the rest of my life, which would mean a lot of things.
a. I can’t meet new people
b. I can’t go to school, to work, to any backpacking activity I wish to do
c. I can’t visit my relatives
3) I could go out if I have a male relative with me. Which is impossible because I don’t have a brother and my father is somewhere abroad.
4) I would have to hide my face so as not to offend any Talibs
5) I would have to keep all my books in the closet... I can't open them ever again...
6) I would have to take my photos down, keep all my albums. I can't take photographs
7) Music is simply intolerable.
8) I would have to give up Maia, my pet dog. Out on the street, I don’t know. The gold fish will probably end in the frying pan. No joke.
9) I can’t go to hospitals. Only men are allowed there.
10) I can’t talk to men without risking marrying them.
11) I would have to suffer being treated like I’m the lowest worm that ever lived in the face of the earth.
Of course, that’s if I survive the horror of seeing my neighbors getting hanged, my high school teachers mutilated in half and pinned on the door, women taking the beating for wearing white shoes, women’s hand being cut off for wearing nail polish, and my loved ones tortured.
The worse thing about it is, nobody in the outside world seem to care. That is, until my invaders attack their twin towers. That’s the only time the world will assess the situations.
I envy the strength of the Afghan women.
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