In recent days, images and accounts from Herat have shaken many citizens of Afghanistan. Reports describe women being detained on streets and in bazaars, men being forced to sign pledges to control how the women in their families dress, and mosque imams being used to relay these orders. Beyond the immediate reactions, perhaps the real […] The post When the Erasure of Women Is No Longer News: Herat and the Making of Gender Apartheid appeared first on Hasht-e Subh .