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my write up on the sentencing of a man involved in a plot to kill @AlinejadMasih - “Relief would mean it's over. It's not over”. This is the third time Iran has tried to kill me on American soil."
US citizen sentenced in Iranian murder-for-hire plot targeting dissident in New York bbc.in/4tVzgS9
happy #InternationalWomensDay - especially to brave and resilient Afghan women who’ve been barred from study and work and from many other aspects of society for nearly four years.
Sodaba سودابه retweeted
The @bbcworldservice has launched an education programme in Pashto and Dari for Afghan children barred from school. It's called Dars (Lesson), is on TV, radio & online & is hosted by BBC Afghan female journalists
bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/w…
Sodaba سودابه retweeted
Inside the Peshawar mosque after today’s explosion (picture verified by BBC). Death toll currently at 28, over 65 injured. Updates across @BBCNews
the Taliban’s logic about women:
begging on the streets is OK
studying or working to support yourself/your family is NOT OK
illustration: syd_muhammad_
original pic: mahab_azizi_photography
In the Beeb watching former refugee turned NHS doctor @DrWaheedArian on my TV screen @BBCHARDtalk - proud to see his important work being highlighted by such a high-profile programme 👏🏽
university professor tears up his academic degrees live on TV in protest to Taliban banning women from schools and unis. “I’m doing this because if they’re not allowing my mother and sister to study I’m also not going to teach”
the brave women of Afghanistan are shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) and “education is our right”.
have iraqis not read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak?
love this thread
Sodaba سودابه retweeted
JOB: We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced project manager to lead our work in #Afghanistan on mine risk education, health, nutrition and supporting local media organisations. Sound interesting? Apply here: bbc.in/3hN10cO #devjobs #mediajobs
last time women in afg protested against taliban they were detained for several days with no access to family or lawyer. were only released after they were forced to confess on camera that they were backed by the west. @AmiriWahida was one of them. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62…
afghan women are chanting #allornone - they're protesting against taliban's decision to ban women from universities. at least 5 women have been arrested + several journalists #LetHerLearn
Afghan tv presenter gets emotional while announcing Taliban’s decision to ban women from universities.
male students and professors are walking out of classrooms/quitting their jobs in solidarity with afghan women who’ve been banned from attending universities by the Taliban.
we’re back to 90s with the Taliban
- Afghan women’s lives have become a living hell
- al qaeda leader was reportedly protected by TB (like Osama)
- Afghanistan = pariah state
- people starving
- minorities attacked
billions wasted, thousands of lives lost - for what?
there were rumours about this for weeks. women were so fearful and it’s finally happened. girls were banned from secondary schools and now they’re banned from going to uni. Ffs. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64…
Kylian Mbappe becomes the second man to score a hat-trick in a #FIFAWorldCupFinal beating Geoff Hurst’s record who did so in 1966.
