 After the 2015 murder of Farkhunda Malikzada, who was stoned to death over four hours and then incinerated at the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran, Sobir wrote "Nowruz became a Worldwide Holiday, but Not a Happy One" ("Idi Navruz Jahoni Shudu Farkhuna Nashud") about the incident