Instead, the Afghan teenager has disguised herself as a boy for more than a decade, forced by her parents to be the “son” they never had. Sometimes… I attend funerals as his eldest son” — something she would never be allowed to do as a girl. “When I go to work most people do not realise that I am a girl,” Sitara says. “If they realised that an 18-year-old girl was working morning to evening in a brick factory then I would encounter many problems. “I will do the hard work because I don’t want my younger sister dressing as a boy and working at the factory,” Sitara says.

Source: Egypt Independent April 23, 2018 04:41 UTC