The Role Of Women In Taliban Literature

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“Where there is light, there must be shadow.” (Haruki Murakami) A light cannot shine without having a shadow in the back to support it. In literature males have a more dominant role and attract the most attention making them seem more important. Thus society’s view is that males are the light and women are the shadow, as they see men as more important than woman. During the year 2009, Malala Yousafzai was a symbol for woman; she spoke out against the injustice of the Taliban: an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan, who restricted woman of work, education. In addition, forced woman to wear a burqa to cover their face, since the face of a woman was said to be a source of corruption for men. The Taliban viewed men over woman

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