Thoughts and stories of our sisters; The day to day struggles and successes of 21st century afghans.
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