“Loss of Freedom”: A personal essay
The extremist Taliban surrounded Kabul and took over Afghanistan. Once in power, the group enacted controlling rules that removed our...
Analysis
“I am Afghanistan”: A lyric reflection on survival
I once was a village with a clear blue sky and colorful flowers bringing life to my land. There was...
A new campaign to challenge online harassment in Afghanistan
The absence of legal or structural mechanisms to protect victims contributes to this, as well as a collective mindset that...
From tormentor to saviour: How the New York Times misled its readers on a merciless killer
The influential New York Times newspaper recently published a lengthy profile of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of a Taliban faction...
From madrassas to TikTok: the Taliban imperative to indoctrinate
Social media platforms like TikTok, X (formerly twitter), and Facebook, which are wildly popular among young Afghans, have become the...
The women of Afghanistan are strong but need Support. Here’s how you can help
Wherever you are in the world, imagine if all the girls in your country were suddenly banned from attending school....
Taking the Taliban to court: What lies ahead in Afghan women’s struggle against extreme misogyny
The unequal fight of women in Afghanistan against the Taliban has finally found a somewhat clearer path. Justice, that has...
Three years of gender apartheid and the pathology of the disappearance of human rights for women
While systemic and continuous misogyny persists on one hand, on the other, advocacy efforts to fight this hostility have lacked...
The campaign of #EndGenderApartheid in Afghanistan
It's nearly three years since the brutal restrictions on girls and women of Afghanistan began making national and international headlines....
In Conversation with Malala part 2: On the power of women’s protest, overcoming the injustice of education bans, and a message of hope
This is the second of two parts of an interview with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai and the director...
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