City of Widows Quotes

“Women in Afghanistan were trained not to be too attached to their names. When they married, some would be given a new name by their husband’s family. Women existed in relationship to the men around them. They begin their lives as “daughter of” and then were expected to become “bride of” and “mother of.” Rarely did a woman exist for and of herself.”
― Nadia Hashimi, City of Widows