A group of women protesters in Kabul held a unique demonstration on the third anniversary of Afghanistan's fall to the Taliban. They marked August 15 as a "Black Day in Afghanistan's History" by writing slogans on the walls of Kabul, including "Free Afghan Women."

If ever a book changed someone’s life it was Wild Swans, So fascinating to talk to its rockstar author Jung Chang on everything from battling breast cancer to Xi Jinping — and so exciting to hear she is working on a sequel thetimes.com/article/3a4c68…

A big opportunity. The Economist is hiring a new South Asia bureau chief. And candidates don’t have to come from the world of journalism: “Journalistic experience and professional experience of India are helpful but not essential. The right person could be a foreign

I travelled around the West Bank last week for the first time since the second intifada and what I saw was very disturbing - while all focus is on terrible situation in Gaza, many feel Israel has opened an undeclared second front thetimes.com/article/c47df6…

At Ben Gurion airport a sober reminder that 109 Israelis taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 are still waiting to be brought home

Tune into the #ReadSmart podcast to find out why all the most meaningful stories are indeed true: spoti.fi/3WYF6Uk Georgina Godwin CatrinaDavies christinalamb #podcast #nonfiction #mentalhealth

What it’s really like to live as a young woman in a land where women’s voices cannot be heard in public thetimes.com/article/85c5b3…

Why is the world silent as Taliban turn Afghanistan into the worst place on earth for women? Why aren’t people speaking out as they do for Gaza? Important column from ⁦Janice Turner⁩ thetimes.com/article/5b3d4a…

4M children have been displaced in and outside #Sudan since April 2023 in one of the world’s largest displacement crises💔 #ECW's mission remains clear: To ensure every girl & boy can access their right to safe, inclusive #QualityEducation. #SudanCannotWait! @bmz_bund Norad

Sorry Laura Kuenssberg but how can you repeatedly question Foreign Secretary David Lammy about the clothes of Keir Starmer’s wife and not ask a single question on what’s he doing on Afghanistan- where women are forced to cover themselves and girls can’t go to school ?

In which I get to chat to the extraordinary Kate Winslet about the extraordinary Lee Miller - the table that brought them together and the connection she feels as a woman who won’t be told no thetimes.com/article/8f61fb…

Two years ago, the Islamic Republic's morality police brutally killed Jhina #Mahsa_Amini, sparking a nationwide uprising against ignorance, superstition, and Islamist extremism. Her name became a rallying cry for those demanding freedom, justice, and human dignity. Today, the

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Incredibly moving evening at ⁦British Library⁩ listening to Afghan women tell ⁦lyse doucet⁩ explain how their desperate WhatsApp messages about life under the Taliban became a book - and a very powerful one everyone should read ⁦Coronet⁩

What life is like for women in a land where women are not even allowed to speak and would banning the cricket team from international tournaments make any difference ? pod.fo/e/26a06b

"Together we must raise our voices for Afghan girls. Every day a girl is banned from school is a day too many.” ~@ChristinaLamb Read powerful testimonies from 🇦🇫girls denied their right to education Share #AfghanGirlsVoices👉educationcannotwait.org/afghan-girls-v… #UN #222MillionDreams✨📚