Recent Protest Movement “Girls of Kabul” Performs Folkloric Anthem
Recent Protest Movement “Girls of Kabul” Performs Folkloric Anthem
Due to the ongoing restrictions against girls and women by the Taliban, a group of women and girls in Kabul have recently initiated a protest movement under the name "Girls of Kabul." In reaction to the pressures imposed by the Taliban on women, they perform protest songs against the ruling group.

Due to the ongoing restrictions against girls and women by the Taliban, a group of women and girls in Kabul have recently initiated a protest movement under the name “Girls of Kabul.” In reaction to the pressures imposed by the Taliban on women, they perform protest songs against the ruling group.

One of the members of this movement talked to the Afghan Women’s News Agency today, Sunday, April 21: “In our belief, as long as the Taliban violate the most fundamental rights of women, namely education, and work in Afghanistan, and do not respect our rights, we will stand against oppression and challenges, continue to fight and seek justice.”

The members of the protest group “Girls of Kabul” performed the traditional song “Mullah Mohammad Jan” in their first anthem. Their message in this song to all women in the country is: “Afghanistan is a country where women do not have peace, as schools, universities, jobs, recreational places, sports and educational facilities are generally blocked for them. Women are in chains. Leave this homeland, as there is no place for women and girls to stay here.”

It is worth mentioning that the song “Mullah Mohammad Jan” in the country’s culture expresses the heartache of Ayesha, a girl in love who wanted to travel to Mazar-e-Sharif on the first day of the solar New Year, Nowruz, and pray at the shrine of Imam Ali located in that city to fulfil her wish, which was the reunion with Mullah Mohammad Jan, her beloved.

Protesting women and girls have repeatedly demonstrated in the streets and public places during the Taliban’s more than two years of rule. Now, protesting women hold their demonstrations in hidden and secluded places, where dancing and songs of despair are also considered part of these protests.

With the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, women have initiated numerous protest movements. Their protests began in public places and streets, but these protests further provoked the anger of the Taliban, leading them to suppress women’s protests through the threat of guns, violence, torture, detention, and imprisonment.

  • نویسنده : Afghanistan Women News Agency
  • منبع خبر : Afghanistan Women News Agency