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Nadia Hashimi

Author of International Best-seller, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

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Nadia Hashimi / October 29, 2018

Music for Troubled Times

On Sunday evening, my husband and I attended a concert meant to broaden our horizons -- Three Letters from Sarajevo, by Goran Bregović, a diversely talented …

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Nadia Hashimi / April 15, 2015

Afghanistan’s Female Sons

I recently wrote a piece on the bacha posh custom for Foreign Affairs. The photographs included in the piece are quite stunning.  While it is intriguing to see …

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Nadia Hashimi / March 24, 2015

Rage for Farkhunda

On March 19th, 2015 the streets of Kabul ran red with Farkhunda’s blood. She lived a pious life.  They called her a heretic. She loved the Quran.  They …

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