Thoughts and stories of our sisters; The day to day struggles and successes of 21st century afghans.
I know I am not alone in this one Its always there somewhere hiding between the laughs, various conversations, meals, every workout, and every hangout. It is flowing in the back of my mind, no matter how much I try to repress it, it
I studied for two years in China and did my Master's on Social Work in Women's leadership and Social Development at China Women's University in Beijing. On our first day of campus, I
During my internship at the Asien Development Bank in Manila, I interviewed the Country Director of the ADB for Afghanistan. I was interested in what projects ADB is working in Afghanistan despite the
I know I am not alone in this one Its always there somewhere hiding between the laughs, various conversations, meals, every workout, and every hangout. It is flowing in the back of my
I am born and raised in Northern California in the united states of America. Knowing where I come from has helped me in knowing where I am going. I started my journey from
Inequality becomes even more severe during crisisCOVID-19 is not only a pandemic that has shaken the world in depths we may not be able to recover from, for several years to come, but,
We were never prepared for something like this to happen.There are now over 3000 cases of Covid-19 in Sweden and the majority of the cases are found in Stockholm where I work
I am the founder of Avizeh, a UK-based company providing ethnic afghan jewelry and traditional afghan clothing. Avizehs presence on social media is very important for the growth and exposure of the company
As a former refugee and belonging to an ethnic minority here in Britain the issue of integration is of priority for me. UK is experiencing an increase of far-right extremism which is caused
I left Afghanistan in 1999, believing that I had finally fled the restrictions and oppression, but it didn’t take long for me to realize how wrong I was. The extreme cultural practice
When I was called to audition for “Khate Sewon”, I obviously expected to get a minor role because I was new in this industry, and the director of the series, Roya Sadat is
Today marks the day where we recognize the International day for Elimination of Violence Against Women issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993. This declaration defines all violence against women as an
My name is Samira Nawa and I am 31 years old. I am a member of the Danish Parliament representing the Danish Social Liberal Party - and I’m the first dane with
Author Turkan Omari Photo: Ayeda Shadab
The very first questions we all ask ourselves at some point in life is who am I? What do I want to do in life? At some point we all visit this place
What most people don’t know about photography is that it enables you to get to know your surrounds from a whole new perspective, and you get to explore new things. When I
Did you know that Helmand is believed to be the world's largest opium-producing regions? To increase awareness me and my students of the Code to Inspire computer programming center were able to successfully
The topic of Women empowerment has been circulating a while and is discussed in all social and professional gatherings. However, it has been mostly discussed and emphasized in western countries, where the discussions
It felt as if I had finally found a way to express myself. I could just stand in front of the camera and be my free-spirited self. Modelling for me is a hobby,
When people in the streets of Kabul saw us- a group of women riding bicycles and wearing bicycle gear- I knew they saw the same thing we did, a symbol of peace riding
In our culture, women have huge expectations on them. They have responsibilities they never asked for and duties they never learned to understand. Women are not expected to be independent. But once married
As a Civil Engineer, I work within Geotechnical Engineering where I mostly deal with the design of underground structures and infrastructures like the Yellow Metro line in Stockholm which will be built during
I was born in Kabul Afghanistan year 1991 and we have been living here in Stockholm since 1997. I have studied medicine and now I am a licensed doctor, but my goal is
Even though it has nearly been 10 years I still remember the phone call that changed everything. It was late probably between 2 or 3 am in the morning when I got a
First of all, I want to say well done, I am so proud to know that young Afghan girls are taking the initiative to start projects like this in order to help our
During my life so far, I have been denied many opportunities just because I am a woman. I have lost hope; dreams have been dashed and I have had moments where I found
Hey! What do you think I should do? Should I study or should I work? Can you please help me understand how things work in here? I have been living in Iran for
I was assigned to be the project manager in a program launched by our government where my job was to educate women into becoming leaders and role models for other Afghan women. My