Jan 24, 2026

Part of the sorrows and suffering of Kurdish girls (1941)

The sorrow and suffering of Kurdish girls
cannot be told in a hundred stories

From the ranks of humanity, they have been driven away
lower than animals, weak and incurable

Until the age of fifteen, just like a servant 
They are forced to toil on the plains and the outdoors

Then when it is time for the demands of marriage
Quickly she is betrothed according to the terms of Sharia

Either she is conquered in exchange for much property 
Or she is captured, exchanged, woman for woman

she is given away to a filthy or old man
without opportunity, she is forced and hastily given away

her nineteenth century is pitiful 
Though in Sharia law she is said to be free

Those who so disobey 
in heart's sorrow they become mad and filled with fury

As long as they are girls, they are flawless and blameless
When married, they become subhuman

For every girl who suffers wrongdoing 
Let the responsibility lie with father and brother

Whoever marries her, again
persecutes her until the day of judgement

Mufti Penjweni

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