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The Christian Science Monitor

• Bilingual and struggling October 18, 2011
• The rising demand for overseas television: America’s United Nations of cable TV June 27, 2011
• An Afghan village girl blossoms in the city September 4, 2007
• A movie star rises from ruins of war July 17, 2007 (Radio version)
• Afghan women freer, yet a rise in fiery suicides August 9, 2002
• Foreign female aid workers feel less safe in Afghanistan July 19, 2002
• Afghan exiles get mixed homecoming welcome June 26, 2002

New America Media

• Afghanistan the New Mexico?: Assassinations and the Drug Trade Aug 02, 2011

The San Francisco Chronicle

• Osama bin Laden’s death can hurt Afghanistan May 04, 2011
• With aid of S.F. man’s project, Afghan women risk lives for a song January 14, 2008
• Expatriate woman leaves San Jose to give micro-loans to poor Afghan women August 22, 2007 (Radio Version)
• Afghans eager to go home at all costs August 19, 2002
• Afghanistan’s fate rests with council June 9, 2002
• Bay Area Afghan expatriates walk tightrope June 17, 2002
• Afghan warlords exact a toll on the road to democracy June 5, 2002
• Interim leadership celebrated December 6, 2001
• Afghan talks off to a rosy start November 28, 2001
• Fractious groups to meet at U.N.-sponsored talks November 25, 2001
• Minority Hazaras rejoice at Mazar-e-Sharif’s recapture November 10 , 2001

Sunday Times Magazine (UK)

• I can make a difference – if I can stay alive June 19, 2011
• The ghosts of Pul-e-Charkhi February 24, 2008 (Radio version)
• How the West short-changed Afghanistan October 29, 2006
• Brides of the drug lords May 9, 2004
• Brides of the drug lords (un-edited version)

Understanding Global Issues (UK)

• Afghanistan’s Tragedy: A Problem for the West July 2008 (A 16-page report published by the United Kingdom think tank)

Saudi Aramco World

• New voices, new Afghanistan July/August 2007
• Herat is where the heart lives November/December 2002

CorpWatch

• Afghanistan, Inc.: A CorpWatch Investigative Report May 2, 2006
• Click here to download the full report (PDF Format)

POZ Magazine

• After Ibn Zuhur October 2003

Village Voice

• U.S. curtails Iraq’s newfound media freedoms June 27, 2003
• Rumors of abduction frighten Baghdad parents June 11 – 17, 2003
• Return of the ‘good warlord’ November 21 – 27, 2001

Scholastic

• A Day in an Afghan School September 2004
• Life in a City September 2004
• Life in a Village September 2004
• One Brick at a Time September 2004
• Women in Afghanistan September 2004
• Iraq’s boy band dreams big September 2003

Unpublished

• My veil, my decision May 2003

Agence France Presse

• Hamid Karzai risks his neck for royalist cause in Afghanistan November 2, 2001
• Afghan carpet industry unravelled by war November 11, 2001
• Clinic struggling to cope with Afghanistan’s refugees November 5, 2001
• Support for Taliban written in blood October 31, 2001
• Women’s rights group struggles to gain respect among Afghans October 30, 2001
• Afghanistan to become a cold war for US October 22, 2001
• Air strikes force Pakistani women to choose sides October 17, 2001
• Smugglers turn saviours for Afghan refugees October 11, 2001
• Fearing war, Afghans cancel weddings October 8, 2001
• Opposition claims capture of villages in northern Afghanistan October 7, 2001
• Afghan opposition commander calls for US prudence October 4, 2001

Pacific News Service

• Reaching women in Afghanistan July 6, 2000
• The blue-eyed grandmother of the Afghans still finds ways to help after 30 years November 30, 2000

ANG Newspapers

• Bombing suspect arrested October 6, 1999
• Bay Area Afghans divided over military strike August 21, 1999
• Minorities see less prejudice, more sensitivity in workplace August 1, 1999
• Diversity dilemma: police face a growing language barrier July 31, 1999
• Picking up the pieces March 28, 1999
• A year after the terror, victims attempt to move on March 28, 1999
• East Palo Alto man still hopes to find brother’s assailants March 28, 1999
• Local businesses target Hispanics October 19, 1998
• Profile in courage February 10, 1998
• Brain device blocks woman’s tremors December 19, 1997

 

Essays:

Newsday

• Bombed and betrayed March 16, 2003

Sunday Times (UK newspaper)

• Return of the native to a nation reborn July 14, 2002

Pacific News Service

• Beyond the veil: time to refocus women’s rights June 13, 2002
• Hiding in Brooklyn September 13, 2002
• Postcard from Mashad June 4, 1997
• Afghan exiles grasping at a thread of hope July 30, 1996

 

Academic Work:

• Out of Bounds: Afghan Couples in the United States
  Study of Shifting Gender and Identity
  Originally published in spring 1996
  Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
  Reprinted by Aftaabzad Publications, spring 2001
  Download (PDF format, 340k)