Presents a portrait of life in Kabul in the wake of the Taliban, examining the real world of female outcasts, including cast-off wives, rape victims, runaway child brides, prostitutes, and others in a society that emphasizes the lack of rights of women.

An Afghanistan woman recounts her childhood in 1970s Kabul, which was marked by her doctor father's imprisonment by communists, the Russian invasion, her teenage membership in a resistance group, and her family's eventual escape to Canada.

Text and photographs show how the people of Afghanistan celebrate holidays and festivals, using art, music, dance, and stories.