Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign
Mahbuba Jamshidi: “It would be a tragedy for women to lose their legal status and rights in this political game”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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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 2014Rafi Behroozian: “I strongly support the media revolution”
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Rafi Behroozian was born in Herat in 1978 and lived in Iran as a migrant for 23 years. He returned to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. In the last decade he has been a musician and audiovisual media activist. He is the founder of the Daf Cultural Centre.
Tuesday 29 April 2014Seifuddin Sayhoun: “It was a woman who decided my fate”
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Professor Seifuddin Sayhoun was one of the principal planners for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs strategy on economic rights and the security of women. He studied economics at university and started teaching at Kabul University’s Economics School in 1994.
Monday 28 April 2014Torpikai Nawabi: “Popular uprisings against the Taliban prove that the people do not want them to rule Afghanistan anymore”
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Torpikai Nawabi is an elected Member of the Kabul Provincial Council. She has an MA in Administration and Management from India. She has been a long-term activist in favour of women’s rights.
Friday 25 April 2014Ahmad Fahim Hakim: “Peace talks with the Taliban lack red lines, clear policy, and transparency”
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Ahmad Fahim Hakim is a civil society and human rights activist. He was previously the Deputy Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. He is a graduate of York University in Britain.
Thursday 24 April 2014Saeed Haqiqi: “There is a fear in the air of 2014”
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Saeed Haqiqi is a journalist and writer from Herat.
Wednesday 23 April 2014