Daughters of Silence

Daughters of Silence

by Zahra Rahimi

They burned her books.

They jailed her voice.

They told her to disappear.

But she spoke anyway.

Set against the haunting backdrop of Afghanistan’s fall—first to the Taliban, then to silence—Daughters of Silence is a gripping and emotional journey of one woman’s fight to stay visible in a world that insists she vanish. Mariam, a teacher and mother, dares to defy impossible laws, teaching girls in secret and refusing to surrender her mind, even as her country collapses around her.

From whispered classroom lessons to the brutal loss of freedom, from fleeing across borders to writing truth in hiding, this unforgettable novel lays bare the cost of courage—and the unstoppable fire of a woman who refuses to be erased.

Timely, harrowing, and fiercely hopeful, Daughters of Silence is not just a story. It’s a voice. And it demands to be heard.