Homaira Jalali

Partner of @ajalali and Mother of @RoxanaBahar1
Children and Women's Rights Activist
Proud Daughter of Afghanistan

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

In 1969, I was a teenager in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women were respected, free, stylish, and happy. I want my country back. #SaveAfghanistan

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

When both Westerners and the new generation of Afghans see pictures of my youth from Afghanistan, they express shock at the disparity between now and then. We were slowly but steadily becoming a modern nation.

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

My mother in Afghanistan 1969. Face veils are NOT part of Afghan culture.

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

Happy International Women's Day. I wish for peace and prosperity for all women. May the rights of the women of Afghanistan be fully restored.

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

You almost lost your life at the hands of the Taliban while you were educating Afghan youth. I almost lost a daughter. #SanctionPakistan

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

I was an educator in Afghanistan for 8.5 years. I saw how thirsty Afghan students were for secular education and modern subjects. They do not want madrassas. Taliban "schools" are nothing but jihadi indoctrination centers. #SanctionPakistan for being a scourge on humanity.

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

Pakistan must be sanctioned for crimes against humanity. The United States is an enabler of Pakistani crimes. Pakistani has radicalized generations of vulnerable Afghan refugees. #SanctionPakistan

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

I had this traditional Afghan dress custom made for my granddaughter, Roxana Bahar. @RoxanaBahar1

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

In the 1960s, Afghanistan was a tolerant society and pluralistic. I do not like how efforts are made to rewrite our history. We need more Afghan historians to document our true story. I lived through it and want to see it documented. #Afghanistan #History

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

Oh my baby, you were a teen in this photo. I remember this day so well. @RoxanaBahar1

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

#DoNotTouchMyClothes because #AfghanistanCulture must survive the Pakistani backed Taliban assault.

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

I was recently filmed for a profile of #DoNotTouchMyClothes at my home in Maryland.

https://t.co/7YACBqdCiK

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

Two of my favorite people.

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

I come from a family of scholars. We are deeply committed to the preservation of Afghan cultural heritage. #AfghanistanCulture #DoNotTouchMyClothes

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

#Withafghanwomen

[Withafghanwomen @withafghanwomen]

#DoNotTouchMyClothes and #AfghanistanCulture are the hashtags started by @RoxanaBahar1 that had moved the protest of Afghan women from the streets to social media. See how!

Photo credits to our beautiful Marjan, @17_lema, @sadafrahimm, and @hermajestynahid.

[Chris Alexander 🇨🇦🌻 @calxandr]

#SanctionPakistan to #FreeAfghanistan from Pakistan's five-decade-long 'forever war'.

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

Join us tonight.

[Lisa Daftari @LisaDaftari]

Come watch this brave woman on @ForeignDeskNews podcast tomorrow 6pmPST/9pmEST

Dr. Bahar Jalali, Afghan professor and women's rights advocate will talk about her campaign #DONTTOUCHMYCLOTHES

Live on Facebook & Twitter; Available everywhere you get your podcasts

[Lisa Daftari @LisaDaftari]

This WEDNESDAY 6pmPT/9pmET

Conversation with Afghan professor & women's rights activist Dr. Bahar Jalali, founder of the #DONTTOUCHMYCLOTHES campaign to give Afghan women freedom of dress @RoxanaBahar1

LIVE on YouTube & Facebook. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

Thanks, love! @RoxanaBahar1

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

Happy Birthday to my mother, Homaira Jalali. For decades, you passionately helped Afghan orphans and widows without any publicity or recognition. You have always fought for the most vulnerable. You are the face of a progressive Afghanistan. #mom

[Abubakar Siddique @sid_abu]

In this week’s newsletter, I bring you our insightful reporting on why Al-Qaeda is likely to reclaim its sanctuary in Afghanistan, what advice the top Deoband cleric offers the Taliban, and why China is helping the Taliban to gain recognition.
https://t.co/YAcrh2qQhB

[Chris Alexander 🇨🇦🌻 @calxandr]

Taliban are not interested in government or justice, only violence & raw power.

#SanctionPakistan

"Many public servants do not want to work under the new regime. Those able to leave the country in the chaotic days after the fall of Kabul have done so."
https://t.co/ZKk7i8UDfS

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

Below is the link to my interview with @nytimes about #DoNotTouchMyClothes and #AfghanistanCulture. It is an honor to be featured here because I once worked with the School of the New York Times.

https://t.co/DskBuIjx2t

[Homaira Jalali @HomairaJalali]

I am the proud mother of this professor. @RoxanaBahar1

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

In my new office @LoyolaMaryland