Reports

Foreign female aid workers feel less safe in Afghanistan

By Fariba Nawa August 9, 2002 The Christian Science Monitor Kabul -- Patricia Omidian looked up through her glasses. Her palm-sized diary was open to an entry on June 8 -- the day a French aid worker was gang-raped by seven men in Pul-i-khumiri, a small town in northern Afghanistan. "It's just starting to sink

Foreign female aid workers feel less safe in Afghanistan2025-04-21T13:04:44+00:00

Afghan women freer, yet a rise in fiery suicides

By Fariba Nawa August 9, 2002 The Christian Science Monitor Herat, Afghanistan - Sanaa was tired of living with 15 in-laws. Tired of daily fights with her mother-in-law. And tired of being treated like a "servant." So last month, with her husband watching, she threw a gallon of cooking gas on her chest and lit

Afghan women freer, yet a rise in fiery suicides2025-04-21T13:04:44+00:00

Return of the native to a nation reborn

By Fariba Nawa July 14, 2002 London Sunday Times EDITOR'S NOTE: As an Afghan living in exile in America, Fariba Nawa was drawn back to her homeland as the Taliban were ousted. She found hope amid the ruins of Herat. I can hear the hope in my home town. The once-forbidden sounds echo through the

Return of the native to a nation reborn2025-04-21T13:04:44+00:00

Afghan women debate the terms of their future

By Fariba Nawa June 30, 2002 Women's eNews (womensenews.org) EDITOR'S NOTE: Afghan women agree that they should play a role in the rebuilding of their country. They are divided, however, on what role Islam should play in the new nation--integral to the new government or a belief system guiding a secular state. Kabul -- When

Afghan women debate the terms of their future2025-04-21T13:04:44+00:00

Beyond the veil: time to refocus women’s rights

By Fariba Nawa June 13, 2002 Pacific News Service Essay also ran in the San Jose Mercury News EDITOR'S NOTE: Afghanistan's grand council is completing its deliberations on an interim government, but the highly charged issue of women's rights -- inseparable from women's dress in Islamic countries -- will continue to simmer. PNS contributor Fariba

Beyond the veil: time to refocus women’s rights2025-04-21T13:04:44+00:00

Afghan warlords exact a toll on the road to democracy

By Fariba Nawa June 5, 2002 The San Francisco Chronicle Herat, Afghanistan -- Rafiq Shaheer's friends were shocked when they saw the bruises on his back after he was released from custody. "He lifted his shirt, and it was all black," said an acquaintance. Shaheer, president of the pro-democratic Council of Professionals in this city

Afghan warlords exact a toll on the road to democracy2025-04-21T13:04:44+00:00

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