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Pashtuns Don't Want a Talibanistan
Pashtun society used to be one of the most progressive in the region, which had progressive political and social movements at the grassroots level... Pushtuns have fought extremists in the past......
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Landmark Victory for Child Trafficking Campaigners
In a historic decision in the House of Lords, amendments have been made to the Modern Slavery Bill in order to provide legal guardians of children who are victims of trafficking in England and...
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He For She: A Mission of My Life!
It was one of the great days of my life when I had an opportunity to volunteer during the launching ceremony of UN Women's HeForShe campaign for gender equality in September last year... I was the man...
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The Real Empowerment of Women
The world has talked a lot about the problems faced by Afghan women... Intelligence, confidence, and independence are some of the real values of empowerment. Once we develop them, we will be able to...
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Finding forgiveness….
When I first stepped onto the healing portion of my road, the challenges appeared endless, dark, and ominous... Once in a place of forgiveness you notice your walls of self-inflicted imprisonment...
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Making London Safer for Women: Project Guardian
The British Transport Police, Transport for London, and The Metropolitan Police are all heavily involved in this helpful and intelligent project - working closely with The Everyday Sexism Project, End...
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Mothers and Children in Wartime - and the Long-term Impact
I grew up hearing horror stories from Nana about hiding in flimsy air-rade shelters with her small son, in London. And now, talking with friends in Yemen, I become even more aware of what my dad and...
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Dear Daddy... Making Peace With You
Dear Daddy... Now you're gone and I've got lingering emotions which I can't put my finger on, so let this be a posthumous attempt at making peace with you... and me... What kind of father, especially...
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Zephaniah Free Academy - Success Story
Those who have watched our documentary ’’Flight of the Falcons’’ know Miss Ayesha very well; she is from a family of seven sisters and one brother. During the last year, we had been struggling a lot...
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I Implore the Wind: Where Do I Belong?
When you can’t find your answers with words, you learn the language of Nature. The wind, mountains, rain, land… Even the trees…... And then one day you’d understand the whispers of the wind: “Would...
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Jumping hurdles, leaping fences and smashing through ceilings
Having the opportunity to grow through sport shaped my life. It gave me strength and it propelled my drive. It also gave me the confidence to challenge orthodox opinions about the Islamic perspective...
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How Social Media Is Saving Lives In Nepal
Since the aftermath of the quake, social media platforms have become the primary means of communication for survivors, aid workers, various agencies, and even the government. Facebook’s Safety Check...
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Mother’s Day, a call for Peace
Let us always remember that this day was not originally created by businesses to sell cards, flowers or chocolates. It was a global appeal for women to unite for peace....
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The Human Rights Act, Free Speech, and Media Responsibility
The Right to Freedom of Expression is important in so far as it allows journalists and others to publically criticise their governments and hold them to account, but this has to be seen as being in...
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A Journey With Mum - Called Alzheimer's
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at the diagnosis, as Alzheimers fits with Mum's symptoms. But I am. To be honest, I find it impossible to believe or imagine that there will come a day when she...
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In Praise of Outspoken Women
I have a penchant toward women in history whose work I admire and respect, so I can emulate them in some small way... They may be long gone from this world, but I continue to study their words, and...
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Remembering December 16th: 'They were not martyrs - they were school children'
I reached my car and collapsed in the passenger seat.. The price for the regional peace had this time been paid by our children - our children who were not in the battle fields but in their school...
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Expecting the Unexpected - Alzheimer's
Reading about Alzheimer's, it looks as though the condition progresses in a series of clear-cut stages... at some point the sufferer doesn't recognise even close relatives. I'm already beginning to...
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Alzheimer's - Looking on the Bright Side
OK this is relatively early stages but, at the moment, it is still possible for me to see Alzheimer's in a positive light, at times. Mum has presumably had Alzheimer's for a lot longer than any of the...
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Ignorant Solidarity with Muslim Sportswomen
I asked Kyleanne Hunter [member of the Afghan women's national cycling team] to explain the disservice caused by misinformation being spread through mainstream media... "the MSM (mainstream media)...
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