“Today in Kabul, a female cat has more freedoms than a woman.”
Thank you, Meryl Streep, for standing in solidarity with the women and girls of Afghanistan. This is exactly what we need—global solidarity. We need women, especially those with influence and platforms, to speak up. Be a friend. Be an ally. The fight against gender apartheid and inequality isn’t just ours; it’s everyone’s.
If the world normalises the Taliban’s abhorrent treatment of women in Afghanistan, what’s to stop it from happening to women elsewhere?
Today, I want to share a message with my powerful Afghan sisters. You are fighting back against the Taliban’s crimes, as they ban you from going to school and try to erase you from public life. You continue resisting. Your courage is a source of inspiration.
With an old friend & colleague, both from the study of history @Haskoli_Islands & my media days in #Iceland, Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir. Her book #TheFires is out in the US now. #TasteofIceland
In Sigrí∂ur Hagalin Björnsdóttir's THE FIRES: LOVE AND OTHER DISASTERS, no one knows the volcanoes of the Reykjanes peninsula better than the volcanologist Anna Arnardóttir, who has to deal with the biggest task of her career, publishing in fall 2023. #ComingSoon