Montly Archive March 2019

RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY By Farangis Najibullah Authorities in Dushanbe say there 92 Tajik children stranded in iraq. (file photo)   As Islamic State’s attempt to establish a caliphate crumbles, many countries are […]

We are learning right now what happens when the sex ratio becomes wildly out of whack, through a huge unintended experiment.

Afghan women used to be championed by almost everyone. Now they’re all but forgotten.

Nearly half of the country that is caught between the two sides of the seesawing conflict. The constant fighting has deprived these rural Afghans of most of the improvements — schools and institutions — at the center of concerns over peace negotiations.

Video: A Kiss For My Vote: Afghan Candidates Talk Of Harassment

Afghan Taliban Open To Women’s Rights – But Only On Its Terms

A new film titled “A Thousand Girls Like Me” by filmmaker Sahra Mosawi-Mani tells Khatera’s story as she tries to overcome and heal.

Islamic feminism is a relatively new concept and not without controversy. Indeed many wonder whether it is possible to reconcile feminism with Islam – a religion critics regard as inherently patriarchal.

Cultural arrogance has long been a feature of Western journalism and it continues to flourish. But can journalists really describe the world from the perspective of a Yemeni housewife, a shepherdess in Bhutan or an elderly Senegalese fisherman?

In “Capernaum”, Nadine Labaki tells the dismal story of Zain, a boy living on the streets of Beirut. She calls the system behind it “modern slavery”.