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"We're The Kominas. Hi." →
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By Torie Rose DeGhett, who writes freelance about politics and music, and is a contributing arts writer at Aslan Media. (And is also one of Somersault’s two editors.)
This is from Somersault’s spring music issue. You can read it, along with other essays, in a lovely…
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7odoud: Time 100: Roya Mahboob (Afghanistan, 25... →
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By Sheryl SandbergApril 18, 2013
Though women’s rights in Afghanistan have improved since the fall of the repressive Taliban regime 12 years ago, many Afghans still believe that a woman should work only in the home, caring for her family. Technology entrepreneur Roya Mahboob is…
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ZINDAGI
Surround yourself with people that inspire you to pick up your dreams and run. People that turn up the flame inside you and make you feel invincible. Those people will trigger that deep-rooted longing to not only survive, but LIVE.
اگر دل شیر را نداری, سفر عشق مکن
If you do not have the heart of a lion, do not...
– Afghan Proverb (via sultaneqalba)
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Afghanistan in Photos: Why I’m breaking the cycle... →
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By Salim Hussaini — January 28, 2013
I never realized how devastating our culture was for women until my brother-in-law tortured my sister.
Growing up in Afghanistan, I had already watched my father beat my mother—but that was seen as just another part of daily life. Then the cycle of…