During a short stay in my father’s home country, Afghanistan, I captured and documented how women live under the dehumanizing conditions of Taliban rule — and how, despite everything, they continue to resist. I wanted to connect with women on the ground, to listen to their stories and to understand where resistance and connection still take place. In my work, I trace these remaining spaces where women continue to gather, exchange, and organize. The places may seem ordinary, yet hold immense social and political weight. This book is my attempt to document these spaces, but also to reveal the fragile layers of presence that persist within them. By combining both research and narrative, the project becomes both an archive and a way to make visible how women in Afghanistan continue to claim space. 

The book unfolds on two levels:

On the left: research and analysis – context interwoven with personal observation.

They form a dialogue, and the connections between them are not fixed. Things can be read across, mirrored, or contrasted – creating shifting relations between everyday detail and broader context. The structure of the book is organized around the places explored in the work.