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Habiba Sarabi, Fawzia Koofi and Sharifa Zurmati write that peace in Afghanistan must not come at the cost of our humanity. And it must not come at the cost of the rights of Afghan women, who have ...
HABIBA SARABI, GOVERNOR OF BAMIAN. Almost five years ago, when Hamid Karzai asked what kind of political post might interest her, Habiba Sarabi shocked the president with her reply.
Afghanistan’s most prominent female candidate. Habiba Sarabi, running to be a second vice president, described her ticket as supporting ‘moderation and rebuilding’.
KABUL, Afghanistan – The candidate strode down the aisle separating hundreds of male and female supporters at a campaign rally in Kabul. She shook hands with the women filling the chairs to her ...
Christiane Amanpour speaks with actor and activist Meryl Streep, former MP and negotiator Fawzia Koofi, and former governor Habiba Sarabi, about the new film “The Sharp Edge of Peace” and the ...
Habiba Sarabi is Afghanistan’s only female governor. She has headed Bamiyan province since 2005, engaged in rebuilding from scratch her part of one of the world’s most murderous countries.
Lynsey Addario traveled to Afghanistan ahead of upcoming presidential elections, where the first female governor in the country, Habiba Sarabi, is now the first woman running for vice-president.
She was a key figure among women negotiators, including Fatima Gailani, Habiba Sarabi, and Sharifa Zurmati, involved in the intra-Afghan talks in Doha, Qatar aimed at striking a peace deal with ...
October 4, 2024. 10/4/2024 | 55m 28s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Mona Fawaz; Leah Stokes and Bob Inglis; Meryl Streep, Fawzia Koofi, Habiba Sarabi; Malcolm Gladwell. Aired 10/04/2024 ...
Christiane sat down with the actor alongside former lawmaker Fawzia Koofi and the nation's first female governor, Habiba Sarabi, to discuss a new documentary called "The Sharp Edge of Peace ...
Habiba Sarabi, Afghanistan's former minister of women's affairs, believes the Taliban's extremist ideology stems from decades of internationalization of Islamic extremism sponsored by oil-rich ...
Habiba Sarabi, Fawzia Koofi and Sharifa Zurmati write that peace in Afghanistan must not come at the cost of our humanity. And it must not come at the cost of the rights of Afghan women, who have ...