Latifa, Afghan Women and Unfinished Struggle

摘要

This article examines the literacy ban for Afghan women in the era of Taliban focusing on the portrayal of Latifa as the narrator in My Forbidden Face (MFF) novel. As a writer and main character, Latifa fought for the rights and independence of Afghan women to gain access to education. Going to school and continuing education at the university level are things that were banned by Taliban in the era of occupation, 1996-2001. This article utilizes the Islamic feminism to reveal the women 's struggling to fight for their opportunity to gain literacy at school. The women's role in the novel is described as victims of the apply of the Taliban Syar'i law. The results of this study revealed that the strict bannings and decrees can't stop the Afghan women to fight for their main latitude, that is the independence to access the education to broader their knowledge. The women carried out underground schools to give the lessons to the teenagers and kids as a part of their resistance against Taliban. They struggle to get learning opportunities as a part of fulfillment to gain their human right, that is having ability or quality about literacy.