Expert Narratives
Mohammad Ismail Qassemyar: “Poverty and unemployment have paralysed the lives of most Afghans”
Mohammad Ismail Qassemyar is a jurist who formerly headed the Public Security and Public Rights Courts of the Supreme Court and taught constitutional rights at university for seven years.
Tuesday 13 May 2014Massoud Hassanzada: “The biggest challenge facing Afghanistan is absence of true progressive forces to combat ignorance, corruption and fanaticism”
Massoud Hassanzada is a poet, journalist, musician, and literary critic from Herat. He has co-founded Morcha [the Ants] the first rock band in Afghanistan.
Monday 12 May 2014Abdul Hamid Mobarez: “Democracy is the choice of the people and it is up to them to protect it”
Abdul Hamid Mobarez is a former chief of the official Bakhtar news agency, three-times governor and a founding member of the Federation and Chairman of Afghanistan National Journalists’ Union (ANJU). He was named Deputy Minister of Culture upon his return from exile.
Friday 9 May 2014Wahida Samadi: “The Taliban will never really change”
Wahida Samadi is the Director of Tahmina Organisation, promoting women’s rightsand a member of the Provincial Development Governance Committee. She is a committed civil society activist.
Thursday 8 May 2014Dr Saheb-Nazar Moradi: “We must unite against the extremists to defend the achievements of the past 10 years”
Saheb-Nazar Moradi is an urban development specialist and former member of the planning committee of Kabul Municipality. He has a Ph.D. in urban engineering and history. He was internally displaced and ultimately left the country in exile for many years.
Wednesday 7 May 2014Mahbuba Jamshidi: “It would be a tragedy for women to lose their legal status and rights in this political game”
Mahbuba Jamshidi was selected as the Director of the Women’s Affairs Department in Herat province in 2012. She has studied Miniature Painting at the Fine Arts School of the University of Herat. She is also the director of the National Gallery.
Tuesday 6 May 2014Aziz Deldar: “My greatest fear is a day when I may not be able to express what I think”
Aziz Deldar is a professor at the Fine Arts School of Kabul University. He is also a filmmaker and actor.
Monday 5 May 2014Sonia Iqbal: “We have not planned for economic recession, but it is sitting on our doorstep”
Sonia Iqbal is the executive director and a shareholder of PAHNA Group (a Kabul-based communications and management firm) as well as the president of Afghanistan 1400 Party, a civic-political youth organisation.
Friday 2 May 2014Bakht Mohammad Bakhtiar: “We will return to the dark days of the past if we are not careful”
Bakht Mohammad Bakhtiar is the Director of the Social Sciences Centre of Afghanistan. He studied for his master’s degree in law in Kiev under the Soviet rule and became a member of the Academy of Sciences.
Thursday 1 May 2014Hasina Safi: “One new phenomenon is the men who believe in women and their power”
Hasina Safi is the Director of the Afghan Women’s Network, an organization of women boasting 5,000 members and 65 member organizations. Safi was featured in the 2011 documentary about the role of women in the war and post-conflict process in Afghanistan.
Wednesday 30 April 2014
