Contributed to Afghan Press by Afghanistan’s Students’ Movement: Dear Mr. Barack Hussein Obama, We, members of the “Afghanistan’s Students Movement” congratulate you for your success in the Presidential elections of the United States of America, which we consider a sign …
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Politics, USA, War | 13 CommentsSince the age of cannibalism to the present age of so-called human civilisation and democracy, it is the dominant society that has exploited the downtrodden society. Cannibalism, in a sense, is not a stigma on the forehead of humanity, as …
Posted in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Politics, USA, War | 2 CommentsCittà di Siena-ISF has awarded two prizes to two deserving Afghan journalists, 23 year old Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh and 25 year old Nasim Fekrat. “This pushes me forward for the people of my generation. The objective is to bring Afghanistan …
Posted in Activism, Afghanistan, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Media | 2 CommentsJudge in Halliburton contract corruption trial clashes with defense By Ray Hanania (DATELINE Peoria, Il, Sept. 30, 2008) — The judge in the controversial trial of Jeff Mazon, a former Halliburton procurement officer accused of intentionally inflating a contract payment …
Posted in Afghanistan, Arab Americans, Iraq, Kuwait | Tagged Afghanistan, Halliburton, Iraq war, Jeff Mazon, KBR, Kuwait, War related contract abuse | 1 CommentThe Bush administration moved to prevent Jeff Mazon from making a defense that would most certainly shift the blame from charges he took a bribe to the more important questionable track record of his former employers, Halliburton. In a motion …
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, USA | Tagged 2nd trial, Dick Cheney, Halliburton, Jeff Mazon, KBR, Peoria, trial, War related contracts | 1 Commentسميّة: الانتحارية المحظوظة Niqash – Kholoud Ramzi (Baghdad) – 21 August 2008: Sumaya will never forget the day when armed al-Qaeda men forced her to practice wearing an explosive vest under her clothes in preparation for a suicide attack on …
Posted in Afghanistan, General, Iraq, Terrorism, War, Women | 6 CommentsAs a Palestinian and an Arab I was extremely proud to see such a large contingent of athletes from the Arab World participating in this year’s Olympics. Even though they are being held in Beijing, one of the most repressive …
Posted in Afghanistan, Algeria, Arabs, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen | Tagged Beijing, Olympics | 16 CommentsWandering in blogosphere, led me today to Afghan’s weblogs which were really interesting. Of those, was Basir Seerat’s photo weblog. He is 26 years old who has B.A in directing theater and cinema. Also is photo journalist for Human Rights …
Posted in Afghanistan, Art, Media, Photography, Photos | 4 CommentsWe launched Afghan Press a few months ago and had some very promising reactions. Shortly after that, Nasim, Afghan Press’ director, began working on the Farsi section of the website, which was completed quite recently. It took us a while …
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness, Media | 2 CommentsI wanted to wish all MEY writers and readers a very Happy New Year. For those unaware, the beginning of Spring marks the new year for many different groups across the Middle East and Central Asia. New Year’s Day called …
Posted in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey | 10 Comments