She could only experience freedom if she dressed like a boy… 💔

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]But it's also cuz she also because they're boys. Do you know that?

[00:00:03]>> she used to I was going to say that. Dad used to take her and tell people that she was a boy.

[00:00:08]>> And that's why he called her Zoya, which means son, because she wanted to be able to go out and see things, but she could only go out and this was in Afghanistan. She could only go out if she looked like a boy or was dressed like a boy.

[00:00:19]>> Yeah, and just to circle back around about this underground girls of Kabul, she always stated how she felt so empowered and how she had all this freedom and she refused to go back to being a girl only because she wanted that freedom. She wanted that power. And it's it's I see you're getting a little bit your eyes are getting a little watery, Jamila. It's sad. It is sad.

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