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Ali M. Latifi

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Kabul
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Covers:  music, afghanistan, human rights, islam, addiction and recovery, migration, (im)migration, technology
Journalist. Born in Kabul. Raised in Little Kabul. Declared independence in DC. Back in Kabul. Views my own (but if you like 'em, بفرمایید)

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Ali M. Latifi’s Biography

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Born in Kabul. Raised in Little Kabul. Mastered International Media in DC. Moved to Doha to cover Afghanistan for Al Jazeera English. Returned to Kabul to cover Afghanistan for AJE, VICE News, The LA Times, CNN and Deutsche Welle.

Covered the situation of Afghan refugees in Greece and Turkey since 2011.

Ali M. Latifi’s Journalist Portfolio

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Case raises questions about Afghanistan's response to sex crimes

Case raises questions about Afghanistan's response to sex crimes

Case stemming from rapes that generated national outrage and brought swift convictions for seven assailants m…

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Afghans back U.S. pact but worry it won't end violence

Afghans back U.S. pact but worry it won't end violence

Security agreement between Kabul and Washington raises mixed emotions in Afghanistan.

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Assassination of Afghan President's Cousin Leaves Power Vacuum and a Difficult Legacy

Assassination of Afghan President's Cousin Leaves Power Vacuum and a Difficult Legacy

Hashmat Karzai, who had risen up the ranks in his family’s home province of Kandahar, leaves behind a complic…

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Provocative Social Media Overheats in Afghan Elections

Provocative Social Media Overheats in Afghan Elections

Members of the small but active Afghan social media scene — both at home and abroad — have had to distance th…

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A Tragedy of Silence in Badakhshan

A Tragedy of Silence in Badakhshan

In Badakhshan, a village few had heard of suddenly began to international media headlines. Soon, the plateau …

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Frustrated Afghans Defy Taliban Violence but Wait Days on End to Register to Vote

Frustrated Afghans Defy Taliban Violence but Wait Days on End to Register to Vote

Faced with the daily frustration of waiting for hours then being turned away, it is not the armed opposition …

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Articles

Letterboxd — Your life in film

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By Ali M. Latifi Verified, John Woo Verified
| Letterboxd
Hand them both Academy Awards. Nicolas Cage for making his Castor Troy such an undeniably bombastic, flamboyant and sly motherfucker. And Travolta for acting like anything about Joan Allen as a humdrum suburban housewife would be remotely attractive to said Castor Troy. Reviewed by Michel ★★★★ Reviewed by alexcolemann ★★★★★
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From chaos to contradictory positions, Afghan resettlements have never been “dignified”

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By Ali M. Latifi Verified
| The New Humanitarian
Share & more As Afghanistan barrels towards the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power, Western governments are vowing to return thousands of Afghans back to their now Taliban-run homeland – even though not one of them recognises the Islamic Emirate as a legitimate government. The most alarming reports came from the United States, which launched a 20-year occupation of the country in 2001.
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Letterboxd — Your life in film

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By Ali M. Latifi Verified, David Frankel
| Letterboxd
Remember how 10 years ago well-intentioned but ultimately unneeded reboots to hit TV shows were all the rage, this is basically the film equivalent of that. Hathaway’s Andy and Streep’s Miranda have lost all the confusion, wonder, wit, abrasiveness and icy determinism that made their original characters so engaging and strangely likable.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Online Producer at Al Jazeera English

Have you ever used a typewriter?

When I was little I used to write stories on my father's typewriter in the garage.

How is social media changing news?

It can add a lot of on the ground nuance. It can also make you really lazy, and at times really incorrect.

Awards

South Asian Journalism Awards

2012 - Outstanding arts, culture, or travel story about South Asia, or worldwide South Asians diaspora
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