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Anne Frank's diary speaks to teen girls in a secret Kabul book club

About a dozen teen girls in a secret book club in Afghanistan are reading — and finding comfort in — Anne Frank's diary. Arzou, one of participants, said it was the first time they had read the firsthand account of a teenage girl living through extreme hardship. "I think Anne Frank is like, as a friend for me," she said. (Diaa Hadid)
About a dozen teen girls in a secret book club in Afghanistan are reading — and finding comfort in — Anne Frank's diary. Arzou, one of participants, said it was the first time they had read the firsthand account of a teenage girl living through extreme hardship. "I think Anne Frank is like, as a friend for me," she said. (Diaa Hadid)

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