i don t really know if i hated him. i didn t really pay that much attention for him. i paid attention to the jury because they were the one that would decide. special prosecutors and then emma s, marie print, and john stevenson prosecuted the people versus ali irsan. their first hurdle, explaining what they saw as the motive. that ali irsan was enraged his daughter had married outside the family s fate. he killed coty beavers, the christian husband. and galareh, the friend who talked back to him. and who may have encouraged nesreen s relationship. he wanted to kill all of those bringing shame and dishonor to his family. special prosecutor said that this was irsan s on twisted version of an already twisted motion known as honor killing. his belief that a woman can be murdered for bringing shame to her family and her religion. this is one man and one families extremist views that were taken to the extreme.
The Guardian: It is six weeks since the Taliban closed the door on girls’ education across Afghanistan and Zeina’s last vestiges of hope for her future died. A very different kind of life now lies ahead for the 20-year-old, a life of domestic drudgery, boredom and seclusion that she has no power to change. Since the Taliban took control in August 2021, Zeina had managed to convince her frightened family to let her stay at school. She held on to the belief that she would somehow find a way to finish her education and achieve her dream of getting a master’s in medicine. This dream has now ended.
On February 3, 2023, RAWA held a gathering in Afghanistan on the occasion of Meena’s martyrdom anniversary. Meena, the shining star of the Afghan women’s revolutionary struggles and the founding leader of RAWA, was assassinated on February 4, 1987 in the city of Quetta, Pakistan.