Zahra Joya
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Journalist| founder of Rukhshana media|
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about 8 hours ago
These are among the punishments laid out in a new criminal code that has been officially adopted by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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15 days ago
A young Afghan woman has been arrested by the Talibanâs morality police while secretly training girls in taekwondo. Read more:
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16 days ago
A female journalist has been detained by Taliban intelligence forces in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, sources close to her family said.
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20 days ago
When the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan closed amid escalating tensions between the two neighbours, Somaya Nadariâs mother lost access to the treatment that had been keeping her alive. Read more:
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Happy New Year! 2025 was a good year for me, even though the world remains in turmoil and the girls of Afghanistan are still denied their freedom. I hope 2026 will be a year of real changeâa year when doors reopen, voices are heard, and girls return to education with dignity and hope.
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about 1 month ago
Appearing on stage at the opening of his exhibition wearing a burqa, he declared: âWherever a womanâs body is controlled, everyoneâs freedom is in danger.â
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28 days ago
When Medinaâs sister went into labour in November, her family took her to the main provincial hospital in Sar-e Pol. There, they were told she needed a caesarean section, but that no specialist was available to carry one out. Read more:
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Rukhshana Media
about 1 month ago
Before the regime change, I worked as a teacher in a girlsâ secondary school. I had a calm and modest life. My salary was not very high, but at least my children went to bed with full stomachs.
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Rukhshana Media
about 2 months ago
Families would go there to worship, often bringing food to cook and eat together. A section of the mosque was dedicated women-only. Rukhshana Media sent a reporter to the shrine to investigate the reports. This is what he saw:
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Rukhshana Media
about 2 months ago
Alex Crawford explained the difficulties of reporting from the ground, with 90 percent of journalist visa applications being refused by the Taliban over the last four years.
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âI was so terrified that I donât even remember how I got out of his office. Afterwards, I swore to myself I would never go near that filthy man again, even if we die of hunger.â
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about 2 months ago
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This is our latest report on the issue of femicide in Afghanistan.
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2 months ago
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The lamps she produces are decorative, but they are also designed to operate reliably despite Afghanistanâs unstable power supply, working even in low-voltage conditions. Setara says they last longer than imported ones.
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2 months ago
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Rukhshana Media
3 months ago
Since it was introduced last Wednesday, women seeking treatment have been turned away from hospitals because they werenât wearing the burqa, while access to government services has also been affected, causing widespread distress and triggering protest.
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Rukhshana Media
3 months ago
Within hours Karishma, who was widowed three years ago, had appeared in court on unspecified charges and been sent to Kabulâs notorious Pul-e-Charkhi jail, Afghanistanâs largest high-security prison. Read more:
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Rukhshana Media
3 months ago
They say they are protecting our âhonor,â our âvalues,â but letâs be honest â they are protecting their fear. Theyâre terrified of a woman who can think. Because once a woman begins to think, she begins to question.
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Rukhshana Media
4 months ago
The Taliban held a press conference at the Afghan embassy in New Delhi on Sunday with female journalists present, two days after attracting a storm of criticism for reportedly turning women and foreign journalists away from a similar event.
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Iâm so proud and privileged to be part of this amazing college community! Thank you so much for your support â¤ď¸
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4 months ago
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A hearing into the Talibanâs treatment of women in Afghanistan opened on Wednesday in the Spanish capital, seeking to amplify the voices of victims and hold the group accountable for human rights violations.
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Peopleâs Tribunal for Afghanistanâs Women Begins in Spain - Rukhshana Media
A hearing into the Talibanâs treatment of women in Afghanistan opened on Wednesday in the Spanish capital, seeking to amplify the voices of victims and hold the group accountable for human rights viol...
https://rukhshana.com/en/peoples-tribunal-for-afghanistans-women-begins-in-spain/
4 months ago
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Rukhshana Media
4 months ago
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Gibson as the new chair of the Rukhshana Media board of trustees. Sarah brings a wealth of experience in international journalism and is a committed advocate for equality and inclusion.1/3
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Afghanistan was plunged into isolation on Monday as internet services were cut and mobile communications severely disrupted.
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4 months ago
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Then this month, the Afghan Education Ministry wrote to schools saying it was removing 51 subject headings from the curriculum, describing them as anti-Islamic.
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4 months ago
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That was until 2021, when the Taliban returned to power in her native Afghanistan. Now, the pool in Kabul where she used to swim is dry, the building abandoned and its doors bolted against the young women she once coached.
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4 months ago
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Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
5 months ago
During the
@Cam.ac.uk
Alumni Festival,
@ZahraJoya.bsky.social
, Afghan Journalist & founder of
@rukhshanamedia.bsky.social
, & Laurie Bristow, former UK Ambassador to Afghanistan, will discuss why education is resistance in oppressive regimes. Details & booking:
www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/about/events...
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Rukhshana Media
4 months ago
the groupâs supreme leader had personally taken the decision to allow the removal of womenâs photos from the cards on the advice of the Dar al-Ifta, or religious council.
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Rukhshana Media
5 months ago
Most of the children she sees are moderately malnourished, the legacy of poverty and a series of droughts that have compounded the difficulties of life in a region known for its harsh climate.
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Excited to be part of this amazing event! Itâs an honor to speak alongside Sir Laurie and share the stage with such inspiring minds. If you are around and interested, please join us! You could book the tickets for the event! đđż
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5 months ago
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Rukhshana Media
5 months ago
More than 800 people have been killed in an earthquake in a remote mountainous part of eastern Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said on Monday. Read more:
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âNow, I donât think I can keep going because the risk is too high [but] I donât know any other work. Our situation is very bad, but in this world there is no one to hear our voice or support us,â she added.
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5 months ago
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Rukhshana Media
6 months ago
Mahnaz, whose real name we are withholding at her request, is one of around half a dozen women interviewed by Rukhshana Media in Herat who left Afghanistan hoping for a better life and have now returned, penniless and homeless.
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Rukhshana Media
6 months ago
For more than a decade, Radio Nasim had operated as a rare independent and non-partisan voice in central Afghanistan, home to the countryâs Hazara ethnic group. Read more:
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Rukhshana Media
6 months ago
A hospital worker in Afghanistan has told Rukhshana Media how she was abducted by the Taliban, held captive and gang-raped over several days before being abandoned in the desert and left to die, in what she believes was a punishment for doing her job.
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Rukhshana Media
5 months ago
When the Taliban issued a decree barring women from attending universities, âit felt like everything was over,â she says. âI just read books and scrolled Instagram, but I felt like my life had stopped.â Read more:
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Iâm happy to share that Rukhshana Media has now started publishing in Pashto. With this, we now publish in three languages. Farsi, Pashto and English! This challenging journey wouldnât have been possible without your generous support. Thank you! đ
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6 months ago
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Zahra Joya
ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
6 months ago
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#WPSWednesday
: In
#Afghanistan
, âmost female-led businesses have collapsed, due to Taliban control, ineffective aid & a failure to go beyond symbolic actions that provide little genuine support for womenâs enterprises.â
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Rukhshana Media
6 months ago
For this story, Rukhshana Media spoke to families and psychologists in Mazar-i-Sharif, which before the Taliban takeover in 2021 was one of Afghanistanâs most prosperous and liberal cities, to assess the impact of these changes on children. Read more:
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Rukhshana Media
6 months ago
Taliban arrest dozens of young Afghan women over hijab rules
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Taliban arrest dozens of young Afghan women over hijab rules - Rukhshana Media
Dozens of young women were detained in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday and taken into custody in an unknown location.
https://rukhshana.com/en/taliban-arrest-dozens-of-young-afghan-women-over-hijab-rules/
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Rukhshana Media
7 months ago
She was a second-year agriculture student when the Taliban barred women from attending university, and could see her career plans disappearing before her eyes. If she couldnât get a job, she decided, she would set up on her own. Read more:
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Rukhshana Media
7 months ago
ICC issues warrant for Talibanâs supreme leader for persecution of women
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ICC issues warrant for Talibanâs supreme leader for persecution of women - Rukhshana Media
The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for the persecution of women and girls.
https://rukhshana.com/en/icc-issues-warrant-for-talibans-supreme-leader-for-persecution-of-women/
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Rukhshana Media
7 months ago
âYou filed a complaint with the commission, and I canât forget that. You shamed me in front of everyone. You questioned my manhood,â she recalls him telling her. Read more:
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Rukhshana Media
7 months ago
âI told him, âThis time, when I return to Zebak, it will be with my degree in hand.â But instead, I came back with tearful eyes and a heart full of pain,â says Lina as she recalls the day her hopes of a different life were cut short. Read more:
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Rukhshana Media
7 months ago
Taliban arrest Afghan media workers over promotion of feminism
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Taliban arrest Afghan media workers over promotion of feminism - Rukhshana Media
an Afghan cultural organisation that makes short films about life in the country on charges of promoting atheism, Christianity and feminism.
https://rukhshana.com/en/taliban-arrest-afghan-media-workers-over-promotion-of-feminism/
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Zahra Joya
IFEX
7 months ago
#Afghanistan
đŚđŤ Exiled journalist
@zahrajoya.bsky.social
urged global support for the local media who face harsh restrictions under
#Taliban
rule. "If the world ignores them, their voices, & their stories, may be lost forever."
@indexoncensorship.org
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Escaping Afghanistan was painful but staying meant silence â or worse - Index on Censorship
As an exiled journalist, I urge the UK government to provide real protection for those forced to flee their countries for telling the truth
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Rukhshana Media
7 months ago
Her cracked lips seemed to scream the wounds of her life. Blood seeped from the fissures in her parched skin, and her eyes, like two deep hollows, had sunken into her thin, worn face. Read more:
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Index on Censorship
7 months ago
Afghan journalist
@zahrajoya.bsky.social
reminds the
#UK
government, on
#WorldRefugeeDay
, that protecting those forced into exile for their safety is not only a human right, but a defence of truth, history, & freedom itself:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/06/esca...
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Misinformation is terrifying. The media and White House say Trump left the G7 conference early over Middle East tensions, but he denies it. Facts are blurred, stories clash. Whoâs telling the truth? Where are we headed?
7 months ago
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Rukhshana Media
8 months ago
Hadia worries most about her 13-year-old daughter, fearing the girl could be pushed into an early marriage by her father-in-law. As a victim of forced marriage herself, she knows what that would be like. Read more:
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Rukhshana Media
8 months ago
Adiba set up her shop in a market in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif that the Taliban set up for women in 2023, promising to promote it through advertising and flyers. But no customers came. Read more:
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By
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and
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8 months ago
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Taliban publicly whip 116 people, including 22 women, over five weeks
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