In another clip, a woman who left Afghanistan for Germany after the Taliban’s return to power sings about the role of women in shaping history.
“If I don’t exist, who are you? Where are the true men among you? Without Ameneh and Rudabeh, where would Mohammad, Rostam, and Sohrab be?” she sings, referring to the mothers of the Prophet of Islam and famous male figures from Persian literature.
On Wednesday, the Taliban issued the country’s first vice and virtue restrictions, requiring a woman to conceal her face, body and voice outside the home.
Women cannot sing or recite the Koran in public, and their clothing must not be thin, tight, or short. They have also been ordered not to speak loudly inside their homes in case their voices are heard outside.
Online videos showing women defying the orders have emerged not only in Afghanistan but in other parts of South Asia and Europe too.
On Tuesday, Volker Turk, the United Nations human rights chief, called on the Taliban to immediately repeal the “egregious” laws, which he said were attempting to turn women into shadows.