IN HONOUR OF MALALAI JOYA, a woman fighting for a cause!

En honneur de Malalai Joya

Malalai Joya is a 25 year old Afghan woman elected from the province of Farah for the Afghan Loya Jirga, the national assembly of deputies representing the whole country, held in Kabul to discuss the future of Afghanistan and its constitution.
She has no political affiliations with any political parties but represents the voice of grass-roots opposition. .
She worked for 4 years in a refugee camps and was an underground teacher in Taliban times.
Her brief speech in Kabul, denouncing the warlords in power as criminals who should be brought to justice as well as the discrimination against women, stunned all present and her life has been threatened ever since.

Malalai Joya est une deputée de la province de Farah âgée de 25 ans. Son bref discours à la Loya Jirga de Kaboul, dénonçant les chefs de guerre au pouvoir et exigeant que leur soit fait un procès, a envoyé des ondes de choc à travers l'Afghanistan. Cette courageuse députée est placée désormais sous la protection des Nations-Unies, sa vie à présent étant en danger.
Voici son discours.

Two Minutes That Shook The Nation!


My name is Malalai Joya from Farah Province. By the permission of the esteemed attendees, and by the name of God and the colored-shroud martyrs, I would like to speak for couple of minutes.

My criticism on all my compatriots is that why are they allowing the legitimacy and legality of this Loya Jerga come under question with the presence of those felons who brought our country to this state.

I feel pity and I feel very sorry that those who call Loya Jerga an infidel basis equivalent to blasphemy after coming here their words are accepted, or please see the committees and what people are whispering about. The chairman of every committee is already selected. Why do you not take all these criminals to one committee so that we see what they want for this nation. These were those who turned our country into the nucleus of national and international wars. They were the most anti-women people in the society who wanted to who brought our country to this state and they intend to do the same again. I believe that it is a mistake to test those already being tested. They should be taken to national and international court. If they are forgiven by our people, the bare-footed Afghan people, our history will never forgive them. They are all recorded in the history of our country."

Loya Jirga, Kabul, December 17th 2003



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