Long In Dark, Afghan Women Say To Read Is Finally To See By Carlotta Gall

In “Long in Dark, Afghan Women Say to Read is Finally to See,” Carlotta Gall describes how the Afghan women feel about the new literacy program and what it means to them to be able to read. The women have not been allowed to go to school under the government of the Taliban, but the new government has started literacy classes in homes taught by school teachers after school is out. The women want to learn to read to read signs, to check currency values, to read letters from family members, and to find good jobs. Some Afghan women are interested in the classes, but many women are very eager to learn.