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Showing videos filed under: malalai joya
Malalai Joya: A Dirty Game in Afghanistan
May 7, 2011Osama bin Laden was the reason given for invading Afghanistan in 2001--but he was found in 2011 in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Afghan people have dealt with ten years of occupation, and Malalai Joya has been speaking out against it for that long.Malalai Joya, Vermont Healthcare, and Hari Kondabolu
May 6, 2011Osama bin Laden was the reason given for invading Afghanistan in 2001--but he was found in 2011 in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Afghan people have dealt with ten years of occupation, and Malalai Joya has been speaking out against it for that long.Sonali Kolhatkar: Missing Media on Afghanistan
August 18, 2010The media face of the war in Afghanistan is a woman's face--one particular mutilated woman, in the case of Time. Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission notes, though, that this is a clear strategy from those who benefit from the war to win over European and American audiences. Meanwhile, Afghan women who oppose occupation, like former GRITtv guest Malalai Joya, are silenced in the media just as they are silenced in Afghan politics.Sonali Kolhatkar, Rethink Afghanistan, and Psychology of Torture
August 17, 2010The media face of the war in Afghanistan is a woman's face--one particular mutilated woman, in the case of Time. Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission notes, though, that this is a clear strategy from those who benefit from the war to win over European and American audiences. Meanwhile, Afghan women who oppose occupation, like former GRITtv guest Malalai Joya, are silenced in the media just as they are silenced in Afghan politics.Year in Review: Benevolent Occupation in Afghanistan?
December 30, 2009The war in Afghanistan largely took over the headlines this year from Iraq. Obama's escalation there has led many to call it his war. A couple of months ago, we spent an entire show focusing on the issue.Week in Review: Malalai Joya: Raise Your Voice
November 1, 2009Malalai Joya has lived through more and accomplished more in her 31 years than most of us could ever dream of. Growing up a refugee in Iran and Pakistan, she returned to her native Afghanistan and took the Loya Jirga, the constitutional convention, by storm at age 25, taking on both warlords and the U.S. occupation.Malalai Joya: Raise Your Voice
October 28, 2009“I don't fear death, I fear political silence against injustice," says Malalai Joya, the youngest person elected to the Afghan parliament and a delegate to the Loya Jirga, the constitutional convention.EVENT: WOMEN AMONG WARLORDS: Rebuilding Afghanistan
October 26, 2009We hear a lot about women in Afghanistan, but their voices too often are silenced. On Tuesday, October 27, join GRITtv host Laura Flanders at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture and Politics with Afghan activists Malalai Joya, the first female Afghan parliamentarian, Awista Ayub and Nasrine Gross to discuss their work rebuilding their country.Laura Flanders at Northeast Socialist Conference, Saturday
October 23, 2009This Saturday in New York City, come join Laura Flanders of GRITtv and many of our favorite GRITtv guests at the 2009 Northeast Socialist Conference, Crisis and Resistance.
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