Articles
The World (Most of these articles also include a radio story)
- From Turkey to France: Iranian women’s rights activist continues her work despite ongoing threats from Iranian regime Oct 15, 2025
- A rapper finds peace and a channel for his activism through hip-hop and Islam July 18, 2025
- Who are Turkey’s saturday mothers? Oct 21, 2019
- Tit-for-tat visa bans leave Turks and Americans heartbroken
- Young Turkish activists prove it will be hard for Erdogan to shut down free expression April 14, 2017
- These women, many Muslim, are leading the resistance against Trump’s executive order February 1, 2017
- For one Afghan teenage girl, the refugee trail is as dangerous as the war left behind
- Omar Mateen was Afghan American. Our community needs to own that June 13, 2016
The Verge
- The wild plots of Iranian dissident hunters July 10, 2025
Christian Science Monitor
- In Turkey, authoritarian president faces burgeoning protests March 30, 2025
- In Turkey, secular women alarmed about future under new Erdoğan term June 01, 2023
- Turkish opposition clings to election hopes against the odds May 19, 2023
- Will Erdoğan survive Turkey’s election? Youth vote may hold key May 12, 2023
- Will Turkish elections lead to greater press freedom? May 5, 2023
- Tears, a tissue, and iPhone photos – an Afghan softens a Turkish heart March 30, 2023
- As Turks look at collapsed buildings, anger at government grows Feb. 14, 2023
- For a moment, earthquake makes Turkey’s divisions a little smaller Feb. 08, 2022
- Afghans the forgotten refugees August 12, 2016
Global Investigative Journalism Network
- The Good and Bad of Financing Your Own Global Investigation October 29, 2024
TIME
Politico Europe
- Living in fear: Iranian LGBTQ activists in Turkey November 28, 2022
- A dance with death to escape Afghanistan August 30, 2021
ABC News Nightline
Financial Times
- Istanbul incubator fosters Turkey’s tech ambitions Nov 19, 2019
- Erdogan’s ‘pious generation’ goal drives Islam into education May 30, 2018
- Syrian refugees married early face isolation and domestic violence Oct 11, 2017
Foreign Policy
- What Istanbul’s voters want Jun 21, 2019
- For Afghan refugee women, there’s no escape from violence Apr 5, 2019
Refinery29
New York Review of Books
- Divorce, Turkish style Feb 20, 2019
NPR
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Iranians are converting to evangelical Christianity in Turkey December 14, 2018
Al-Monitor
- Turkey tackles extensive synthetic drug troubles Sep 2018
- Turkey ramps up HIV awareness campaign Jun 2018
News Deeply / The New Humanitarian (Refugees)
- The precarious lives of Afghan children in Iran Jun 7, 2018
- Pregnant Afghans grapple with Iran’s ‘exemplary’ refugee healthcare July 27, 2017
Good Magazine
The New Yorker
Reuters
Medium
- Stop saying Russia and America are the same in times of war Apr 19, 2018
- What happened to Russia’s investigation of Chechen gay purge? – Jul 19, 2017
- A growing number of Afghan women are divorcing despite taboo May 11, 2017
- Armenian genocide film opens old wounds in Turkey Apr 25, 2017
- Turkey’s referendum is causing tensions in families Apr 13, 2017
- Trump wants a wall, but Erdogan’s wall is half built Mar 20, 2017
- These women don’t want more power for Turkey’s president Mar 13, 2017
- When women had rights in Afghanistan Feb 27, 2017
- Syrian teacher vows loyalty after Istanbul attack Jan 25, 2016
USA Today
- Turkey coup: One year later, country bitterly divided as crackdown continues Jul 14, 2017
- Why Turkey’s constitutional referendum is a big deal Apr 11, 2017
Foreign Affairs
- How an Afghan immigrant in New York got caught in Turkey’s purge Aug 8, 2017
- Turkey and the Alevis Jan 5, 2017
- American Sufi Oct 12, 2016
- The truth about opium brides March 7, 2012
Free Speech Radio News
The Washington Times
Rewire
Women in the World/New York Times (NYT stopped publishing this portal, so I added it to my Medium)
- Women attacked with acid seek aid to save sight Aug 10, 2016
- Turkish triathletes’ gritty resilience Jun 17, 2016
- “I had women throwing their babies at me to safety” Mar 4, 2016
The Daily Beast
- Istanbul suicide bombing kills five Mar 19, 2016
- I’m boycotting sex-segregated parties in my Muslim-American community July 7, 2015
- American Muslims supporting gay marriage speak up June 27, 2015
- Afghan women defy mullahs to bury murdered March 23, 2015
- There was nothing ‘honorable’ about Kabul killing March 20, 2015
- Why the Taliban is still my enemy December 22, 2011
The San Francisco Chronicle
- How mosques are Americanizing September 25, 2015
- Apps for Muslims who can say ‘dating’ without blushing October 23, 2015
- The disappeared of Afghanistan October 15, 2013
- Immigrants give Fremont a makeover June 30, 2013
- Muslims, brace yourselves April 23, 2013
- Immigrant women in for equal rights April 5, 2013
- A refugee’s view on motherhood and career August 25, 2012
Reveal / Center for Investigative Reporting
Newsweek
- My family and other extremists October 9, 2014
Himal Magazine
- The many faces of the diaspora March 27, 2014
The Atlantic
Women’s eNews
- Stop knee-jerk blaming of Afghan men, culture June 4, 2013
- Afghan child bride traded to pay opium debt January 15, 2012
- Afghan women debate the terms of their future June 30, 2002
Forbes
- Writer grieves for one of Afghanistan’s lost women August 22, 2012
World Politics Review
- U.S. error puts Afghanistan’s counternarcotics progress at risk November 29, 2011
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
- 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)
- Return of the native to a nation reborn July 14, 2002
Saudi Aramco World
- New voices, new Afghanistan July/August 2007
- Herat is where the heart lives November/December 2002
Pajhwok Afghan News
- Women used to traffic drugs December 22, 2004
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
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
Unpublished
- My veil, my decision May 2003
Newsday
- Bombed and betrayed March 16, 2003
Pacific News Service
- Hiding in Brooklyn September 13, 2002
- Beyond the veil: time to refocus women’s rights June 13, 2002
- The blue-eyed grandmother of the Afghans still finds ways to help after 30 years November 30, 2000
- Reaching women in Afghanistan July 6, 2000
- Postcard from Mashad June 4, 1997
- Afghan exiles grasping at a thread of hope July 30, 1996
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
- 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
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
