Some inhabitants of the women’s refuge were rebellious teenagers, others claimed to be wives of the Taliban, but most had come either to get married or get a divorce. Most women were between the ages of fifteen and thirty. Once in the shelter, women are at the mercy of the state without family safeguards and, […] The post Negotiating Islam And Pashtunwali: Author Sonia Ahsan-Tirmizi Explores How Women Live Through Gendered Power Mechanisms appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.