A house without windows

The novel "A House Without Windows" by Nadia Hashimi... They all became motivated after the events of September 11 and were amazed by the angry strangers' shouts towards them in the street following the catastrophe. His father was pleased with the US decision to invade Afghanistan, even though he had neither the intention nor the hope of returning there. Only fools run towards a burning building, he would say sarcastically. When Youssef was in his first year at New York University, news from Afghanistan was everywhere to the point of boredom. Afghanistan was the suicide bombings, women victims of violence and corruption. In his second year, he impulsively joined a human rights class, thinking it was an easy way to add to his average grades. In the second lecture, a fire ignited. Memories of Afghanistan flooded back—dead children working as blacksmiths, a young journalist being slaughtered along with his wife and children, inhumane conditions in refugee camps, small girls sold to pay off heroin debts, war criminals above the law. How could he turn his back on all this? Others couldn’t, others were brave. Others carried the cause of the voiceless. Youssef lived and breathed the American dream—that one person could make a difference. He was saturated with student union leaflets and the optimistic speeches of university professors. He attended his first protest and loved shouting with others. He raised his voice. He tasted the flavor of activism; the anger it stirred in him pleased him. Anger is better than fear. When prison, despite its harshness, becomes a safe haven from the savage world outside. For the third consecutive time, the talented Nadia Hashimi voices the Afghan woman's voice, harshly striking down all the criminals who divide human lives based on their whims and heresies. Amid this surge of pain, frustration, sarcasm, seriousness, and hope, Ziba found in her dark cave a way to pass through all this pain and reach joy filled with tears. An indication of a woman’s life, often lacking windows that symbolize human freedom.