This Amazing Afghan Student Won a Photo Contest. Then She Started a Life Changing Charity Noorjahan Akbar October 6, 2014 Airokhsh Faiz did not have an ordinary summer break
A Ground’s-Eye View of Afghanistan’s Election Crisis Noorjahan Akbar July 29, 2014 Civilians are caught in the middle.
Understanding Afghanistan’s Education Crisis Noorjahan Akbar July 9, 2014 What it takes to educate girls
How Afghan Women are Objectified Music Videos and Ads Noorjahan Akbar June 26, 2014 What cheesy 1980s music videos and modern day ads tell us about the role of Afghan women
No Justice for Rape Victims in Afghanistan Noorjahan Akbar July 26, 2013 A woman's thwarted quest for honor and justice.
Afghanistan’s Pedagogy of the Invisible Noorjahan Akbar January 25, 2013 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 Noorjahan Akbar January 17, 2013 A dispatch writer reflects on her brief childhood in Kabul before civil war befell the country.
A Tenth Grade Girl in Afghanistan is Murdered Noorjahan Akbar December 6, 2012 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 Noorjahan Akbar November 28, 2012 A surprisingly robust strain of civic activism is taking hold among youth in Afghanistan.
