Rebellion, a short story by Paranda writer Farishta Salehi, translated from Pashto by Abdul Bacet, was published in Words Without Borders.
Farishta tells the story of a liberating friendship that gives a young woman a renewed sense of agency.
“On hearing myself described as crazy, my knees went weak and my mind was conflicted. Crazy girl? Crazy woman? I call her crazy, and she calls me crazy? No, no, clearly, she is the crazy one. According to society, I’m the normal one, I tried very hard to convince myself, but a part of me had become so rebellious that I could not even listen to reason.”
