Life in a City
Being careful in Kabul
A Day in an Afghan School
By Fariba Nawa September 2004 Scholastic (view article with photos at scholastic.com) Elham stands tall, all three feet of him, to read a lesson from his book in front of his fourth-grade class. His gleaming blue eyes pass quickly over the pages. Class takes place inside a tent with no seats or desks. A washed-out
Life in a Village
By Fariba Nawa September 2004 Scholastic (view article with photos at scholastic.com) In the northeast of Afghanistan is a village called Yaftal, built along the edge of a mountain thousands of feet high. In the summer, it is windy and sunny. In the winter, it snows and only the men in the family dare to
One Brick at a Time
The reconstruction of Fayzabad
Women in Afghanistan
More freedom doesn't mean more equality
Iraq’s boy band dreams big
By Fariba Nawa September 2003 Scholastic Baghdad -- Five boys with a keyboard and a Volkswagen Passat. That's all it took to form Unknown to No One, Iraq's one and only boy band. Wide-eyed and ambitious, the boys represent the ethnic and religious mixture of Iraq. And a new spirit. Nadeem Hamid, 20; Art Haroutuanian,
