Ruqia was murdered by the man she was forced to marry, her mother is now in prison for the marriage
Ruqia Haidari wanted to marry for love. Instead, she was married off at age 15, but the relationship ended in divorce when she was 20. In the eyes of the Afghan Hazara community in Shepparton – where Haidari’s family settled after fleeing the Taliban – she was considered a “bewa”, meaning she had lost her … Read more