Bernard Shusman VOA News October 7, 2016 NEW YORK — Every day in a modest home in Queens, New York, more than 100 women of Afghan descent are crammed into makeshift classrooms. They are learning the basics of life in America, such as getting a driver’s license or reading and writing English, but they also can
Khaama Press: A group of young Afghan girls is working to produce a mobile phone application in a bid to help the foreign nationals visiting the country for tourism. The latest attempt by the young Afghan girls comes as several Afghan youths are busy to achieve breakthroughs in technology defying the threats posed by terrorism. Click here
RT: The curious case of ‘bacha posh’ takes RT to Afghanistan – a society so patriarchal that a family having several daughters and no sons is a social stigma that’s impossible to shake. This leads to some girls being forced to live as boys. Some for life. Click here to read more (external link).
Huffington Post: The opening of a family movie theater in Kabul means women can watch films in public for the first time in two decades. For many living under Afghan society’s oppressive rules, the Galaxy Family Cinema isn’t just about films – it means a few hours of freedom. When the Taliban took control of Kabul in
Tolo News: Shahrbano Sadat, the young Afghan female film maker and director of Wolf and Sheep, which won a Cannes Film Festival prize earlier this year, has said that insecurity in the country was the reason she filmed the movie outside of the country. She says that with every film she works on there are dozens of
Tolo News: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Wednesday announced that the election observer body has submitted a proposal to government defining a number of key elements to extending the political role of women in the country and to encourage them to cast their ballots in future elections. Click here to read
ESPNCricinfo: Bangladesh and Afghanistan will play their first-ever bilateral ODI series in September, the Afghanistan Cricket Board and BCB confirmed on Sunday. The two sides will play the three-match series on September 25, 28 and October 1 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Click here to read more (external link). Disabled Athlete On His
Tolo News: Three world-class Afghan athletes have arrived in Rio where hard work is the order of the day. All three are training hard ahead of their events. Two of the athletes are men and one is a woman. The two men are Tawfiq Bakhshi, a Judo champion, and Wahab, a runner, who will take part in
Indian Express: Surrounded by male advisors and condescending “mansplainers”, Masooma Muradi holds her own against a deep underswell of sexism in a society unaccustomed to women exercising authority. Breaking new ground as Afghanistan’s only female governor, Muradi’s ascent to the top post in remote Daikundi province is a remarkable feat in Afghanistan, where stubborn patriarchal traditions are
By Abdul Qadir Ghafoori and Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 29, 2016 He calls it matrimony. Her parents call it kidnapping. Whatever the case — and it’s a complicated case — an Afghan mullah finds himself behind bars following his purported marriage to a 6-year-old girl. Sayed Mohammad Karim, a 50-something religious figure in a