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    Preserving the Memories of Oppression: A Review of “We Are Here: Writings by Afghan Women”

    23 October 2025

    Rahul Singh — Excerpt: Why are these accounts important? Because most of what we get to read about this region concerns geopolitics and hence, is hardly human. What they lack is the nuance of lives lived by the most repressed section of the society.

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