H er hair matted with blood, arms reaching up, eyes beseeching someone outside the frame, the young woman pleads as several men close in, attacking her with punches, kicks, stones, and large sticks. This iconic image of Farkhunda went viral in March 2015, emblematic of the unfathomable attack and brutal murder of a young woman, a religious student, in broad daylight, in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan. Drawing on feminist political geography and analysis of gendered violence in Afghanistan, we examine the social and political geographies of violence, protest, and performance. The first section of this essay provides a description of Farkhunda's death and its immediate aftermath, followed by an analysis of the geographies of gendered violence. The second section examines Farkhunda's funeral and street protests by civil society organizations (CSOs). Analyses of these public events elucidate the gendered geographies of embodied and performative expressions of anger, sorrow, and empathy for Farkhunda. The third section examines the theatrical reenactment of Farkhunda's murder on the fortieth day of mourning. 1 We conclude with analyses of gendered violence in contemporary Afghanistan.The descriptions and analyses in this article are contextualized through a triangulation of research methods. Drawing on Gillian Rose (2016), we conducted a content analysis of the publicly posted videos of Farkhunda's murder, her funeral, pro-Farkhunda and justice-seeking protests, and the theatrical reenactment of her death. Based on prior research, we situate these acts within Afghan sociocultural contexts (Kandiyoti 2007a(Kandiyoti , 2007b). In the summer of 2015, three months after Farkhunda's murder, we interviewed male and female civil society leaders and activists, those involved with organizing and orchestrating Farkhunda's funeral and the demonstrations that followed,We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for the insightful and helpful comments. Special thanks to Miranda Outman for her exceptional and detailed edits and suggestions. This article would not have been possible without the assistance of our field research associates and participants, all of whom provided exceptional care and attention to assist us and shared their time and thoughts with us. This research was funded by the United States Institute of Peace and the University of Colorado Boulder.1 Forty days is the customary period of mourning for Muslims.