What A Booming Cosmetic Surgery Industry in Kabul Says About Standards of Beauty in Afghanistan Noorjahan Akbar November 13, 2012A 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 Noorjahan Akbar November 2, 2012It 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.
