We all know it: The devastating situation of women in Afghanistan has been tragically upstaged by all the other catastrophes (COVID, Ukraine, you name it) we are currently witnessing. And yet, Afghan women are fighting uphill battles every day in an attempt to improve their lives, tirelessly demanding to be granted the most basic human rights all of us have gotten so used to in our comfortable little lives. ”My Pen is the Wing of a Bird“ is a devastatingly beautiful collection of short stories by Afghan women writers that demand to be read; that demand that their suffering and bravery be seen by a world that seems to have forgotten about them already. Read these stories. They will hurt you, the injustice will shake you to your core, but it‘s a pain worth enduring, I promise. 5/5 stars because everyone and their mother should dedicate some time to read these stories whose conception was more than just a little difficult.