Afghan gender issues highlighted
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: International News
Author: Schezee Zaidi
Having a strong and fiery tone, Attiya Dawood’s poetry paints agonising tales of pain and pleasures with sincerity and a feminine zeal for a cause close to her heart. Giving glimpses of her soul in lines like — “The journey of my life from home to graveyard, like a dead body, I weigh heavy on the shoulders of father, brother, husband, son, bathed in the name of religion, nailed to the coffin in the name of traditions, I am buried in the graveyard of ignorance”, Attiya attempts to shake the conscience of the society and dreams to make the world a different place with compassion taking precedence over conflict and complexities. (12/08/08)