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Life 26 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
Editor’s note: This piece was written for the Teenage Writers Workshop feature package coming this week. life is a race—try to win life is an exam—try to pass and be happy life is a river—try to find...
Talking with Flowers 26 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
Editor’s note: This piece was written for the Teenage Writers Workshop feature package coming this week. Sometimes I talk with flowers And I know they hear me. Most people don’t know That flowers can...
The Burden of Being a Girl 26 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
Editor’s note: This piece was written for the Teenage Writers Workshop feature package coming this week. On my way home from school, I often stop at a bakery to buy bread. I’ve always been curious ab...
Is Studying Astronomy an Impossible Wish? 22 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
After talking time and again about the problems in our post-conflict society, I feel that I have missed something. I want to take a deep breath and untwist my wings for a flight to my dreams. I want ...
Oh, Seeker 22 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
Where are you going? Oh, woman! Your feet are tired from ages of suffering, your burqa hides your face, but it cannot hide the hard life you have tolerated in the past. Your burqa hides your face, but...
Winter in Kandahar 22 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
Editor’s note: This piece was written in the AWWP Teenage Writers Workshop. Look for more writing by young writers aged 12-15 next week. Last winter, my family traveled to Kandahar to visit our relat...
Voices of Afghanistan: It’s Not about Clothing 19 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
It was 5 o’clock in the morning in Canada, and I was awakened by a dream that caused me a fright. I was thinking about Canada, how it is a peaceful and safe country with equal rights—your choice of cl...
Hope, Fear, Wish 19 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
I. HOPE I wake to do something new, something I have done never before, get the highest score on my lesson at the university, and get my Ph.D. from Harvard, do my task at the office properly. I wake ...
Beauty of Hope 15 Aug 2013 | 06:09 pm
Editor’s note: This poem was inspired by Emily Dickinson’s “Hope” is the thing with feathers / that perches in the soul / and sings the tune without the words / And never stops — at all. Hope is a .....
Wicked Witch 12 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
I dreamt of a witch last night She was like witches in stories— ugly, with a black dress, as black as darkness. She looked evil, just like I’ve heard. But then, something special happened— I saw a li...
