”I’m sitting here waiting for them to come. There’s no one to help me or my family;they’ll come for people like me & kill me.” Chilling, heartwrenching words from the brave #ZarifaGhafari Afghanistan’s first female mayor. Everything feels trivial next to the cries of Afghan women pic.twitter.com/KMBCUa7USE

— Elif Shafak (@Elif_Safak) August 16, 2021