My Forbidden Face –
Growing up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman’s Story
by: Latifa
Directions: Annotate the poem written by Latifa at the beginning of her memoir. Then write an
explanation of the point she is trying to make as she begins to tell her story and how it connects
to what you learned yesterday about the Taliban and life in Afghanistan during the late 1990’s.
Life always comes to an end
There is no need to submit
If my life means submission
I do not need that life
In slavery
It can rain drops of gold
Then I say to the sky
I do not need that rain
Explanation & Connection to the Taliban and life in Afghanistan in the late 1990’s: