A report on the impact of the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan on working women. Originally published in Swedish by Arbetet, the report examines how the regime change forced many women out of the workforce and transformed their daily lives. Read the full article here . Photo: Atef Aryan arbetet.se
The conflict between the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Pakistani military along the border between the two countries has cast a shadow over the lives of Afghans living in Malmö. Many are forced to work continuously to support their families in Pakistan and Afghanistan, particularly those living in conflict-affected areas. “This is not a normal life,” says 26-year-old Yazdan Ali Yari. www.sydsvenskan.se How does a border conflict thousands of kilometres away affect everyday life in Sweden? In this report, published in Swedish by Sydsvenskan, I…
Swedish and Farsi/Dari version of the book The original version of the text by Maria Küchen, the Swedish author, about my book was published in Sydsvenskan newspaper in Swedish. Here, I am sharing the English translation of that text. It is painful to read Mukhtar Wafayee’s “This Blood Bears Witness to God's Wrath”, his first novel and the first to be translated into Swedish. The 29-year-old journalist fled to Malmö from Afghanistan three years ago, after enduring constant harassment in his homeland for his journalism. From 2019-2020, he …
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