List of Afghan women journalists

The following is a list of notable women journalists who were born in Afghanistan:

A

  • Asma Rasmya (born 1877) editor, school principle and feminist. Mother of queen Soraya Tarzi and mother-in-law of king Amanullah Khan

B

  • Basira Joya (born 2001/2002) anchor for Zan TV and Ariana Television Network before fleeing to the U.S. in 2021.

F

  • Fariba Nawa (born 1973) freelance journalist and author of Opium Nation.
  • Farahnaz Forotan (Persian: فرحناز فروتن, born 1992) journalist
  • Fatima Rahimi (born 1992) Afghan-Czech journalist, presenter of Hergot! on Czech Radio's Radio Wave.

H

  • Horia Mosadiq human rights activist, political analyst and journalist who works for Amnesty International.

M

  • Maryam Durani (مَریَم دورانی) (born 1987) Afghan activist and women's advocate.
  • Mina Mangal (1992 to 2019) journalist, political advisor, and women's rights activist who was killed by gunfire in 2019 in uncertain circumstances.

N

  • Najiba Ayubi journalist, humanitarian and activist. Managing director of the Killid Group nonprofit media network.
  • Najwa Alimi journalist and human right activist
  • Najiba Laima Kasraee, journalist, writer, founder of BBC Academy International websites, Radio Free Europe/Radio Library Academy, and Laima International Training.

S

W

  • Wahida Faizi (Persian: وحیده فیضی) journalist, head of the Women Journalist Section of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee [Wikidata] from 2015 until the fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021.

Z

  • Zakia Zaki (c. 1972 – 4 June 2007) journalist and founder of Afghan Radio Peace (Sada-i-Sulh) station.
  • Zohra Daoud (Dari: زهره يوسف داود); (born 1954 in Kabul) Miss Afghanistan 1972 winner, fled Afghanistan for the United States.


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