Compelling stories from female Afghan voices. Using extracts from diaries kept in real time during and following the fall of Kabul in 2021, this book gives children personal and compelling snapshots from a woman’s perspective. Each chapter will help to provide children with a better understanding of life as Kabul fell to the Taliban. “These are women on the cultural front line. Their diary is an archive of yet another milestone in the volatile history of Afghanistan.� Financial Times Fully illustrated in colour by a female Afghan artist Produced in collaboration with UNTOLD Narratives – a development programme for writers marginalized by community or conflict Packed with detail on different aspects of life in Afghanistan both before and after the Taliban took over in August 2021

'A poignant celebration of human resilience' Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner Dear Zari gives voice to the secret lives of women across Afghanistan and allows them to tell their stories in their own words: from the child bride given as payment to end a family feud; to a life spent in a dark, dusty room weaving carpets; to a young girl brought up as a boy; to life as a widow shunned by society. Dear Zari uncovers the reality of life in Afghanistan.