Girls and women across Afghanistan lack access to secondary education since the Taliban takeover - UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell
Afghanistan is currently the only country in the world where secondary and higher education is strictly forbidden to women and girls over age 12.
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The de facto authorities in Afghanistan “have
These five works of fiction by women authors are set against the backdrop of the Independence and Partition of India, and inspire us with their strong, resilient characters who survive turbulent times.
By Chanda Bisht
The month of August always brings up mixed memories for those in the Subcontinent. While India celebrates its 78th
Cinema is the mirror of our dreams, illuminating the giant silver screen, from which light flows into the hearts and minds of viewers. In the city of Kazan, twenty years ago, the symbol of the (Altyn Minbar) added a human dimension to this light, which was the Kazan International Film Festival, which I have been monitoring since its
Between the explicit threats made by Iran through official media outlets about the imminent punishment of Israel in retaliation for the killing of Ismail Haniyeh inside a military guesthouse in Tehran, and the subsequent retraction of these threats, a clear wavering in the intensity of the mutual Iranian and Israeli statements about the
Even after all this time, I still remember the day the General Secondary Certificate results were announced. I went to my school alone that day. I wasn’t afraid but rather expectant. Everyone was present – teachers, classmates, and administrative staff. The first person I saw was my philosophy teacher. I shyly smiled at her, only
