[1] Amiri was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and started school in 1996, just before the Taliban entered government.
[5] However, life remained the same for Amiri, cooking and cleaning for her family as opposed to accessing the education now open to her.
[2] After school, Amiri was accepted into Dunya University to study law, where she discovered her love of Virginia Woolf, reading "A Room of One's Own".
[2] Amiri opened a small library after graduating, where she hosted discussions about feminism over chai sabzi, traditional Afghan green tea with cardamom.
[2] The Taliban returned to power on 15 August 2021, and immediately began to re-impose restrictions on women's freedom.
[2][8] The Taliban retained her family's house documents to ensure she would not defy their authority in the future.