Released on 15 August 2024—the three-year anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power—this collective diary is a moving and intimate portrait of Untold’s women’s writing group, who documented the fall of Kabul and its aftermath.
In August 2021, these women were in the process of publishing a short-story collection called My Pen Is The Wing Of A Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women (MacLehose, 2022), when their world was turned upside down as US forces withdrew and the Taliban took over. Staying connected via WhatsApp, they established a lifeline; a vital space to keep their creativity alive, support each other and bear witness to the political turmoil unfolding around them.
“A hugely important book” – Bernardine Evaristo
“Its courage is momentous” – Ali Smith
