Sep 13, 2022
UN expert warns attacks against Hazaras, other Shia Muslims in Afghanistan bear ‘hallmarks of international crimes’. Source: UN expert decries ‘systematic’ attacks on Afghan Shia groups, Al Jazeera, September 12,...
Dec 24, 2018
It’s Day 8 of Community Supported Film’s 10 day New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) film fest. Today, Abdirahman Abdi brings us an excerpt from his world in Worlds Apart at Home. Abdi emigrated as a refugee from Somalia in 2007. NIRV is a...
Jan 14, 2017
Jamila Afghani, who has battled discrimination since childhood, uses Islam to empower women in Afghanistan. She is committed to continuing the work despite threats and other obstacles. Today, according to Afghani, about 20 percent of Kabul’s mosques have special...