Most of my weekends are spent doing errands, exercising, watching movies, visiting with friends and catching up on sleep.

Imagine a world in which a woman keeps bees in secret. She is not supposed to leave her house without permission, she is not supposed to work, and she is certainly not supposed to work as a beekeeper, a job reserved for men. But she does. And when she watches her bees take flight, she dreams of her own freedom and freedom for all Afghan women.

"We’re tired of being called victims. Instead we are fighters," one participant said.