Author Archives: Noorjahan Akbar 
Afghanistan’s Pedagogy of the Invisible
If we want to change gender roles in Afghanistan, a good place to start is with the textbooks.
Memories of a Childhood Interrupted in Afghanistan
A dispatch writer reflects on her brief childhood in Kabul before civil war befell the country.
A Tenth Grade Girl in Afghanistan is Murdered
Anisa was killed for going to school. She was killed for vaccinating children. And she was killed for working outside her home.
The Side of Afghanistan You Don’t Hear About
A surprisingly robust strain of civic activism is taking hold among youth in Afghanistan.
What A Booming Cosmetic Surgery Industry in Kabul Says About Standards of Beauty in Afghanistan
A new film highlights a growing cosemtic surgery industry in Afghanistan, but fails to discuss larger questions of racial and ethnic hierarchical standards of beauty.
Landmark Paternity Case in Afghanistan Uses DNA To Seek Justice for Women
It has been more than a year since Batool Muradi has begun her legal battle to regain her dignity and claim basic human rights for herself and her children. The fight has been exhausting and hopeless at times, but, if victorious, she will become the first woman in Afghanistan to win a case of this kind.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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