🎙️"We recently spoke with a man who said that he has been searching for two hours in a camp in Herat to find water for his three-year-old child," Zahra Nader (Zahra Nader) on the Afghan refugee crisis. #Afghanistan #Pakistan #Iran youtu.be/O617eehXE2c

🎙️"People describe seeing others being beaten to death in detention centers in Iran. Many said that they saw bodies being carried out," Zahra Nader (Zahra Nader) on Iran's deportation of #Afghan refugees youtu.be/O617eehXE2c?si…

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Mariam Abu Daqqa: a will to her child

"As has now become the norm for journalists in Gaza, Mariam Abu Dagga prepared her will despite being just 33. She left behind two sets of instructions: to her colleagues, do not cry at her funeral; to her 13-year-old son, Ghaith, make her proud." theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…

Today’s Afghanistan is different. Fathers no longer have the freedom to give wings to their daughters’ dreams. My father lived our dreams as though they were his own, rejoicing in even our smallest achievements. zantimes.com/2025/08/26/my-…

This is my father’s story, Rest in peace Aata💔

۲۳ جولای، چاشت روز چهارشنبه پدرم به خواب ابدی رفت، خبر مرگ‌اش ضربه‌ی سختی بود و حالا حس می‌کنم که دیگر حادثه‌ی نمانده است که مرا تکان دهد، کرخت شده‌ام و یک غم سنگین به قلب و ذهنم نشسته است. zantimes.com/fa/2025/08/26/…

This week marks four years since the Taliban banned teenage girls from attending school in Afghanistan. In some parts of the country, a network of men are working together to make a radio classroom possible. You wanna know how, read our story Zan Times: zantimes.com/2025/09/15/the…

For the past three years, 15-year-old Noria has continued her studies through educational radio programs. Her father, Haji Chinar Gul, is her greatest supporter.

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“These online classes were my only source of hope” The Taliban had ordered Afghanistan’s fibre-optic internet to be shut down. The restrictions follow a directive from the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, to “prevent immorality.” zantimes.com/2025/09/23/it-…

«روزی که خبر قطع انترنت را شنیدیم در وضعیتی بودم که نمی‌توانم با کلمات بگویم که چقدر ناامید شده بودم. در گروه واتس‌اپ صنف‌مان دخترها بی‌اندازه ناراحت بودند و دعا می‌کردند که فرمان قطع انترنت عملی نشود.» - گزارش مشترک زن‌تایمز با گاردین zantimes.com/fa/2025/09/23/…

This is my report, jointly published by The Guardian and Zan Times.

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This week Zan Times published 2 stories with The Guardian—bylined by 3 Afghan women journalists. Despite the bans & pressures, Afghan women journalists are still telling the story of Afghanistan. Support our work by joining our weekly newsletter: 🔗 mailchi.mp/282df125eb44/z…

After first excluding women and girls from secondary school and further education, the regime has been building a vast new network of religious schools that encourage and incentivise a new alternative. zantimes.com/2025/09/21/sen…

Rezvaneh Mohammadi Shiva Nazarahari Zahra Nader Sussan Tahmasebi سوسن . Zahra Nader “Not very hopeful that the international community would be able to take an actionable measure. My hope is for the Iranian society. They have the power to change the conversation within Iran and to advocate for the rights of everybody."

Iran deports single women to Afghanistan, where they can’t travel without a mahram- Report by Zan Times Zahra Nader zantimes.com/2025/07/07/ira…

Friday is the day I get to connect with Zan Times community through our newsletter. I write to people who believe in Zan Times, who care deeply about the stories of Afghan women, and who are investing in the future of Afghan women journalists. Link: mailchi.mp/bc2d552e502e/a…