Shafi Karimi
Shafi Karimi is an award-winning multimedia journalist and writer who has been covering Afghanistan for the past 10 years, including reporting on the 2021 Taliban takeover.
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From Kabul to Paris: The Young Woman Who Chased Her Dream of Fashion Across War, Borders and the Edge of Death
When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, thousands of Afghan women saw the futures…
Afghanistan’s Climate Crisis Deepens as Floods, Droughts and Earthquakes Push Communities to the Brink
Kabul, Afghanistan — When flash floods tore through villages in northern Afghanistan on May 2024, Mohammad Yousuf watched…
Afghanistan’s Women Erased from Public Life: Five Years Under Taliban Rule
KABUL — When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, many Afghan women feared the freedoms they…
“I Had to Flee or Die”: A Transgender Afghan Woman’s Fight for Survival From Kabul to Paris
Mehrmah, a 23-year-old transgender Afghan woman, stands quietly in the halls of the Louvre Museum in Paris. For…
Personal stories on what Afghan women want the rest of us to know
A young journalist who escaped Afghanistan returns a year later, by reote, to report the reality for the…
Afghanistan’s LGBT Population Targeted Amid Taliban Crackdown
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Afghans and people who do not conform to rigid gender norms in…