Anisa Karam Research Paper

Nine year old, Anisa Karam* stood at the door of her small house in Kabul, Afghanistan and had to watch her father be dragged to the sidewalk outside. The members of the Taliban who had come to the door said they had orders to kill him because he had continued to allow his daughter to go to school. For them, it was not enough that she was no longer able to go, but that someone had disobeyed them with a decision like this. Nearing nine o’clock at night, they shot him in the middle of the walkway. Anisa has said it is extremely difficult to speak about what they did to her after they had murdered her father.
Three years later, Anisa Karam is now a budding young twelve year old and is facing many hardships placed on women under the Taliban. She has been forced to start wearing the full burqa, with no part of her skin admissible to be shown. She only has a small slit …show more content…
She is only allowed to travel in the company of one of her elder brothers, while wearing the full burqa the entire time. Not a single piece of skin is allowed to be shown and stories of women who were stoned for accidentally having their ankles showing demonstrate how strict the Taliban truly are with the restrictions they have set in place. Even with all these restrictions, it’s incredible to see that she has not lost hope. At the age of twelve, she is still discovering the world and trying to find who she is. Her mother says she is truly the brightest light in her life and finds joy in almost every aspect of the world. Everyone who has met her says that her intelligence shines through and that if she was given the right opportunities, then she could do whatever she wants in life. Hearing this, her smile lit up the room and she said that she one day “hopes to be a writer, a lawyer or a doctor like my mother