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Photos of our women’s group from Karateginskaya Ulitsa
Dilrabo Inomova
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The Karateginskaya community, situated on the outskirts of Dushanbe, suffered a lot during our civil war and is still considered a conflict area.

This hilly place is like a deserted island, forgotten by everybody and even by God, women say to us. Looking at the faces of our women, one cannot even think that these women have experienced so many tragedies. If someone would like to write a bestseller or a top-box-office movie about the world’s strongest women, then they would have to come to Karateginskaya!

Our women especially suffered during the war, and so they value peace strongly. The war made them feel powerless, and being women in a traditional Muslim community only contributes to this feeling. You can imagine women whose husbands died or left for Russia to earn money outside of the country. The fear of being alone and without means to survive forced some of these women to be second or third wives – a legally ambiguous status wherein these women, as well as any children born of the marriages, are deprived of any formal rights.

But the more these women learn, the more they are enlightened and aware of things around and outside their small world. They are akin to gardens watered after a long drought: now their minds are awakening after a long sleep, growing and flowering as they absorb the knowledge provided. Our women try to make positive changes and create a better community for themselves and their children. They say, “The world is so beautiful because of our children-flowers.” And this is the best motive for women in the Karateginskaya community.
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