Women
Fakhera Mousavi: “The Afghan woman rests in the coma of her predecessors”
Fakhera Mousavi is a doctoral student in political science at the University of Lyon in France. She offers her views as a woman who has always lived in exile and has had a different experience of life from that of other women of her homeland.
Monday 14 April 2014Mohammad Afsar Rahbin: “Drugs threaten the entire nation building process”
Mohammad Afsar Rahbin is the Cultural Director of the Ministry of Information and Culture. He has written 12 books, both poetry and literature. He is the first Dari-speaking Afghan poet to have written poems in Urdu.
Friday 11 April 2014Nilab Mobarez: “Women are often deprived of their rights because the men in their family do not feel secure”
Nilab Mobarez, spokeswoman for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has 23 years of work experience in Kabul and France. She is also a surgeon and a professor at the medical school of Kabul.
Thursday 10 April 2014Mir Ahmad Jouyanda: “They shaved his head because he danced and was happy at his own wedding”
Mir Ahmad Jouyanda is Deputy Director of the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), Director of the Culture and Civil Society Forum, and a former Member of Parliament.
Wednesday 9 April 2014Tourialay Ghiassi: “In Afghanistan, the fear that transitional democracy might fall to dictatorship prevails”
Tourialay Ghiassi has been a civil society activist, writer, and a political analyst for many years. He studied engineering in the Polytechnic of Kabul. He is the founder and licence holder of Mihan [Homeland] magazine and Eslahat [Reforms].
Tuesday 8 April 2014Kazemiya Mohaqeq: “We cannot even begin to list our demands if we do not shake off the straitjacket of illiteracy”
Kazemiya Mohaqeq is a Professor at Kateb University. She holds an MA degree in international relations and is studying for her PhD in the same field. She has written textbooks on women’s issues, political science, and international relations for the Ministry of Education.
Monday 7 April 2014Nader Nadery: “These freedoms are the most precious gifts to the people of Afghanistan”
Nader Nadery is the Chair of the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan and the Director of the AREU. He was studying law and political science at Kabul University during the civil wars and the subsequent seizure of power by the Taliban.
Saturday 5 April 2014Somaya Ramesh: “Things will get worse if the government sacrifices human rights for political interests”
Somaya Ramesh is the director of the Nawandishan Social and Cultural Foundation and an independent candidate in the provincial council’s elections in Herat.
Friday 4 April 2014Daoud Naji: “Afghanistan is plagued with repeated cultural rupture”
Daoud Naji, a graduate of Persian language and literature from Balkh University, previously taught as an Assistant Professor at his alma mater. With the arrival of the Taliban, he migrated to Pakistan. He is now living and working as a journalist in London.
Thursday 3 April 2014Sediqa Balkhi: “He said I would die if I went to school again”
Sediqa Balkhi has served two-terms as a Senator on the Meshrano Jirga [Senate]. She was elected Chair of the Women’s Affairs Committee in the last Senate and is currently Chair of the Civil Society and Human Rights Committee.
Wednesday 2 April 2014
