I was born in Iran. I was treated horribly just because I was a girl! I was able to leave Iran right after 8 years of war. I was a teenager when I married and moved to U.S. For over 17 years I put up with a husband who was 14 years older than me and mistreated me, so finally I left him 3 years ago. I worked and went to school full time while I had to support my two children without ANY help from my ex husband. Becasue of all I went through in Iran including war, being wipped in public for speaking my mind when I was 14, loosing my friends and the hardships I have to endure as a single mom in United States, I am experiencing bad episodes of anxiety attacks and depression. I hardly can pay my immediate bills and am working 55-65 hours a week. I still have students loans to pay and the phone calls don't stop. I think about killing myslef every single day but then what will happen to my two beautiful children who are guess what? GIRLS!!!! no matter where I am in this world Middle East or even U.S. I have to pay the price of being a female and everything that comes with it....
