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| '''Shukria Barakzai''' is an ] journalist and entrepreneur, and a prominent ]. | |||
| '''Shukria Barakzai''' was born in 1972 in ], ]. She is the founder of Aina-E-Zan (Women’s Mirror), a weekly newspaper based in Kabul launched in 2002. Her mission was to "improve the understanding and knowledge of Afghan women in society”<ref>http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/2047.cfm</ref>. Barakzai went to ] in the 1990s. Half way between finishing ], she had to break off her studies because of mounting violence between government and ]. She resumed her education in the geology faculty at Kabul University, right after the ] were driven out of Kabul in late 2001. In the October 2004 Afghan elections she was elected to be among 71 Afghan MPs.<ref name=AssociatedPress2009-03-04> | |||
| She was born in 1972 in ]. She speaks both main Afghani languages, ] and ], as well as ]. Barakzai went to ] in the 1990s. Half way through a degree in ], she had to break off her studies because of mounting violence between ] and the ]. She resumed her education right after the ] were driven out of Kabul in late 2001 ]. | |||
| In 2002 she founded ''Aina-E-Zan'' (''Women’s Mirror''), a national weekly newspaper. Her mission was to "improve the understanding and knowledge of Afghan women in society”<ref>http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/2047.cfm</ref>. | |||
| In the October 2004 Afghan elections she was elected to be among 71 Afghan MPs.<ref name=AssociatedPress2009-03-04> | |||
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| ] named Barakzai ] in 2004.<ref>http://www.worldpress.org/award2004.cfm#down</ref> In December 2005, she was named Woman of the Year by the ] programme '']''. | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Shukria Barakzai is an Afghani journalist and entrepreneur, and a prominent Muslim feminist.
She was born in 1972 in Kabul. She speaks both main Afghani languages, Pashto and Dari, as well as English. Barakzai went to Kabul University in the 1990s. Half way through a degree in geology, she had to break off her studies because of mounting violence between the government and the Mujahideen. She resumed her education right after the Taliban were driven out of Kabul in late 2001 following the American-led invasion.
In 2002 she founded Aina-E-Zan (Women’s Mirror), a national weekly newspaper. Her mission was to "improve the understanding and knowledge of Afghan women in society”.
In the October 2004 Afghan elections she was elected to be among 71 Afghan MPs.
Worldpress.org named Barakzai International Editor of the Year in 2004. In December 2005, she was named Woman of the Year by the BBC Radio 4 programme Woman's Hour.
See also
References and footnotes
- http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/2047.cfm
- Jason Staziuso (2009-03-03). "Afghan tech boom: Mullah embraces iPhone". Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-03-04. mirror
- http://www.worldpress.org/award2004.cfm#down