In Turkey, authoritarian president faces burgeoning protests By Fariba Nawa Special contributor March 30, 2025, 2:24 p.m. ET|Istanbul As hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in [...]
The wild plots of Iranian dissident hunters When Iranian soldiers defect, they often try to hide nearby in Turkey. But the regime attempts to track [...]
This blog was first published in my HuffingtonPost blogspot. I was 9 years old when my family fled Afghanistan and sought asylum as refugees in [...]
Few harp on Mother’s Day. I have yet to hear holiday critics deconstruct the celebration as a consumerist ploy to further capitalism. But it is, [...]
By Fariba NawaMay 04, 2011 The San Francisco Chronicle As an Afghan American who grew up in both Herat, Afghanistan, and Fremont, I have a [...]
By Fariba Nawa March 28, 1999 Argus/ANG EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of four articles in a series that probes into the unsolved Fremont bombings [...]
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Whatever Joe Biden says, for the women who were beaten, forced to quit school, and bartered in marriage, and civilians who were deprived of freedom, the extremist group remains a threat to [...]
A bilingual parent tries to keep a native tongue alive at home, a problem faced by many immigrants. By Fariba NawaOctober 18, 2011The Christian Science Monitor Newark, Calif.My daughter Bonoo Zahra, age [...]
Fariba Nawa and Matthew DuPéeAug 02, 2011New America Media In the last few months, the Afghan drug trade has entered a new phase of power struggles that could lead to the sort [...]
Satellite TV lets immigrants cocoon in their own culture. Does it also alienate? By Fariba NawaJune 27, 2011 The Christian Science Monitor Fremont, Calif. Afghan immigrants Fatima Majeed and Naseer Ahmadi watch [...]
