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Media, Afghanistan: Do Not Trust my Silence

Jul 30, 2013

Watch this short documentary film about street harassment in Afghanistan by Sahar Fetrat! "When I first joined the Afghan Voice's media training, I...

Media, Afghanistan: Half Value Life

Jul 30, 2013

Check out this award-winning, Afghanistan-made full length documentary film produced by Alka Sadat! Synopsis: A Girl listening to the radio...

Media, Development: Launching “A Burmese Journey”

Jul 23, 2013

GlobalPost Special Reports, Open Hands Initiative and GroundTruth are teaming up to bring you along on "A Burmese Journey." Five teams of top, young...

Media: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

Jul 23, 2013

In its latest effort to push the boundaries of massive online training in journalism, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas has brought...

Media: Egypt’s Political Revolution, Explained by Young Ali Ahmed

Jul 23, 2013

I don’t know what you were doing in middle school, but reading newspapers and using words like “theocracy” probably weren’t among your normal...

A Filmmaker’s Critique of The Fruit of our Labour

Jul 9, 2013

[Ed. 7/21: CSFilm has removed the last names of Afghans and the images of those still in the country due to the deteriorating security situation.]...

Afghanistan: Education in Afghanistan – from the local perspective

Jun 27, 2013

By Shelly Kittleson, IPS News Service Students at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Credit: Shelly Kittleson/IPS KABUL, Jun 26 2013...

Afghan Media Brace for Financial Drought

Jun 27, 2013

By Shelly Kittleson, IPS New Agency The Hasht-e Sobh newspaper is now offering cheap SMS news-alerts to over 15,000 subscribers across Afghanistan....

New Fulbright Book Highlights Michael Sheridan’s Experience in Indonesia

Jun 24, 2013

"Inspired by the model of community-supported agriculture, community-supported film would apply the principle of investing directly in people on the...

AFGHANISTAN – NUMBER OF WOMEN JAILED FOR FLEEING ABUSE, SOARS

May 31, 2013

More women imprisoned for 'moral crimes' as fears grow that hard-won rights are at risk as western troops head home. By Emma Graham-Harrison 21 May...