Afghanistan's women's newspaper
Aina-E-Zan, or Women's Mirror, was launched in 2002 at a time of hope for Afghan women.
Witness History · BBC World Service
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Aina-E-Zan, the first women's newspaper in Afghanistan, was launched in 2002. Edited by Shukria Barazkai, the newspaper covered women's rights issues in depth, as well as criticizing the warlords who controlled much of the country at the time. Even though this was a relatively open period in Afghan history, the women journalists still faced death threats and at one point Aina-E-Zan was even banned by the Afghan parliament after it printed an article about a woman being stoned. Shukria Barazkai talks to Laura Jones.
PHOTO: Shukria Barazkai in 2005 (Getty Images)