My group's final project was the Oppression of Muslim Women. This topic did not start out as holding a special place in my heart or as something that meant a lot to me. To tell the truth, the topic to me just sounded like a good cause that our group could find a lot of information about. So I agreed to the topic. However, through the progress of my research and personal reflection I learned that the Oppression of Muslim women thousands of miles across the ocean did affect me personally because I too am a woman, an oppressed woman that does not even realize it.
             Afghanistan is a poor, struggling and slowly developing country. People there try to make ends meet and survive to the best of their ability. In rural areas people do not care about rights, especially those of women, because they instead are too worried about not being able to feed their children. In the large cities, such as Kabul, awareness of the oppression of women is increased, but the forces behind eliminating the oppression of women is limited. The Taliban took over power and sought to make women not just obedient, but nonexistent and it succeeded.
             For the past five years, women were viewed as not just as submissive but were made to be invisible. Taliban Rules were placed upon everyone, but especially upon women who were forbidden from:
             Leaving home unaccompanied by a close male relative
             Speaking to men who are not close relatives
             Working; with the exception of a few doctors and nurses.
             Rules such as those listed fulfilled their purpose of making women seem invisible to Afghanistan. On top of everything else women were not allowed to be seen in general. When in public women had to wear a heavy burka which covered a women from head to toe leaving only holes where the head is located for easier breathing and seeing. Women literally looked like ghosts, once again reinforcing the concept of making women invisible.
             Women were not allowed to attend schoo...