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Nadia Hashimi / May 4, 2014

Boston Globe Op-Ed: Turning daughters into sons, Afghans empower girls

Nadia’s Op-Ed piece in the Boston Globe ran in the Sunday, May 4th, 2014 edition. This was just two days before the release of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell.

Could something good come from Afghanistan’s bacha posh practice or is it just another indicator that the country continues to undervalue its daughters?

Filed Under: Media, Opinions Tagged With: Afghan girls, Afghanistan, bacha posh, gender inequality

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