Zafar Shayan Follow @ZafarShayan The role of the internet and social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in promoting effective civic activism has been a major topic of debate in the Social Sciences. Indeed,...
By Najeeba Wazefadost Najeeba Wazefadost with Afghan refugee students in Iran, where she helps with education expenses. As world leaders gather in New York to discuss refugees and migration, I want to use my voice...
On July 23, 2016 the Enlightening Movement staged its second huge peaceful protest in Kabul. Unfortunately the protest was targeted by suicide attacks which left 85 civilians dead and around 300 others injured. The Enlightening...
By MUJIB MASHALSource&Copyright: nytimes Women who are part of a farmers union last month in the Shibar Valley in Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. SHIBAR, Afghanistan — In this lush, sleepy farm belt deep in central Afghanistan,...