Zahra Joya: Disguised as a Boy, She Defied the Taliban
When the Taliban first ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s, Zahra Joya disguised herself as a boy simply to attend school. After the US-led invasion, her world transformed. Education, opportunity and freedom flourished. Like many Afghans, Zahra dared to believe in a future. She became a journalist and established her own media company to tell the stories of Afghan women.
Then, in 2021, the Taliban returned.
Decades of hard-won progress vanished overnight. Women were erased from public life once again, and the promises made by the West collapsed into silence.
Join us as Zahra, author of The Vanishing Girl of Kabul, shares her powerful story of survival, resistance and betrayal. Now living in exile in London, Zahra refuses to be silent.
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