Fariba Nawa

Fariba Nawa is a journalist and the author of just released Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan. She also authored the report Afghanistan, Inc., and is a contributing writer to Under the Drones: Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands, to be published in spring 2012 by Harvard University Press. She writes for London’s Sunday Times Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Christian Science Monitor, and numerous other publications. She holds a master’s in Middle Eastern studies and journalism.

Istanbul Suicide Bombing Kills Five

HORROR

Second attack in Turkish port city this year kills five, wounds dozens

Fariba Nawa | Published Mar 19, 2016

My Sex-Segregated Party Boycott

Taking A Stand

The sexes rarely interact at parties in my Afghan-American community—and I’ve had enough of the segregation.

Fariba Nawa | Published Jul 05, 2015

Muslims Supporting Gay Marriage Speak Up

Inshallah

Often thought of as hostile to homosexuality, some American Muslims celebrated Friday’s Supreme Court decision and chided their co-religionists who said judgment day was nigh.

Fariba Nawa | Published Jun 27, 2015

Afghan Women Defy Mullahs To Bury Girl

COURAGE

A band of 30 Afghan women carried the body of murdered student Farkhunda through the streets of Kabul yesterday, defying the girl's murderers in order to give her a proper burial.

Fariba Nawa, Asra Q. Nomani | Published Mar 23, 2015

Nothing ‘Honorable’ About Kabul Killing

Barbarity

A mob of angry men said a mentally ill woman who they said burned a Quran in a mosque had to die for ‘honor.’ That is truly sick.

Fariba Nawa, Asra Q. Nomani | Published Mar 20, 2015

Why the Taliban Is Still An Enemy

For women who were beaten and bartered in marriage and civilians deprived of freedom, the Taliban remains a threat, says Fariba Nawa.

Fariba Nawa | Published Dec 22, 2011