Omid S’s Journalist Portfolio

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Nowhere to run: The Afghan refugees caught in Israel's war on Iran

Nowhere to run: The Afghan refugees caught in Israel's war on Iran

Al Jazeera English — Afghans stuck in Tehran represent a forgotten population in a conflict that has captured global attention.

The Land Grabbing of Minorities

The Land Grabbing of Minorities

Centre for Information Resilience

The toll of Taliban laws on Afghan women's mental health: 'I break down at night on my prayer mat...

The toll of Taliban laws on Afghan women's mental health: 'I break down at night on my prayer mat...

El País — The new vice rules have led to a spike in depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts. According to a U.N. report, 68% of women rate their mental health as 'bad' or 'very bad,' linking their distress to the 'systematic' removal of women from public life

Afghan Girls Find Workarounds to Educate

Afghan Girls Find Workarounds to Educate

The New Humanitarian

Frauenrechte in Afghanistan: Was eine Frau über ihren Alltag unter den Taliban denkt

Frauenrechte in Afghanistan: Was eine Frau über ihren Alltag unter den Taliban denkt

Stuttgarter Zeitung — Im Sommer 2021 übernahmen die Taliban die Kontrolle über Afghanistan und damit über das Leben von Parisa Ahmadi*. Einblick in den Alltag einer jungen Frau, deren Welt auf ein Wohnhaus schrumpfte. *Name geändert

Taliban meets with opposition militia representatives in Iran

Taliban meets with opposition militia representatives in Iran

The Washington Post — Women's rights, press freedom discussed in first talks between Taliban and exiled uprising leaders.

These women challenged a centuries old 'humiliating' tradition. Today they won

These women challenged a centuries old 'humiliating' tradition. Today they won

ABC News (Australia) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani signs amendment allowing mothers' names to be included on their children's birth certificates, in a "super significant" step forward for women's rights in Afghanistan.

Preserving the past: the academic trying to stop Georgia from rewriting its Soviet history

Preserving the past: the academic trying to stop Georgia from rewriting its Soviet history

Share Magazine — Badri Okujava, 28, was a researcher at the Soviet Past Research Laboratory when his work took a different turn. He had begun his academic career as a political science student, studying totalitarian regimes and Georgia's Soviet past in particular.

Las mujeres en Afganistán desafían a los talibanes con clubes de lectura secretos en WhatsApp y T...

Las mujeres en Afganistán desafían a los talibanes con clubes de lectura secretos en WhatsApp y T...

El País — La resistencia se abre paso en sesiones clandestinas y virtuales, creadas en el país y desde el exilio, donde las afganas leen, debaten y comparten archivos escaneados en PDF de libros prohibidos