Sodaba سودابه

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[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

my write up on the sentencing of a man involved in a plot to kill @AlinejadMasih - “Relief would mean it's over. It's not over”. This is the third time Iran has tried to kill me on American soil."

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

US citizen sentenced in Iranian murder-for-hire plot targeting dissident in New York https://t.co/TEW5DgC2Dm

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

happy #InternationalWomensDay - especially to brave and resilient Afghan women who’ve been barred from study and work and from many other aspects of society for nearly four years.

[BBC News Press Team @BBCNewsPR]

The @bbcworldservice has launched an education programme in Pashto and Dari for Afghan children barred from school. It's called Dars (Lesson), is on TV, radio & online & is hosted by BBC Afghan female journalists

https://t.co/5XY37GawSC

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

@ionewells @BBCNews Brilliant! Congratulations 🥳

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

@SamMcAlister1 @billiepiper @NetflixUK Wow this is amaaaaazing! Congratulations 🥳

[Caroline Davies @caroline_gm_d]

Inside the Peshawar mosque after today’s explosion (picture verified by BBC). Death toll currently at 28, over 65 injured. Updates across @BBCNews

[MSF Afghanistan @MSF_Afghanistan]

Shamema came to @MSF hospital in #Khost on 13 January thinking she is expecting twins. But her labour became full of surprises. Eventually, she delivered four lovely babies, all of whom are now safe and sound in our neonatal ward for observation. Say hello!🙂

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

the Taliban’s logic about women:

begging on the streets is OK
studying or working to support yourself/your family is NOT OK

illustration: syd_muhammad_
original pic: mahab_azizi_photography

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

@caroline_gm_d you've been great! congrats on the new posting.

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

In the Beeb watching former refugee turned NHS doctor @DrWaheedArian on my TV screen @BBCHARDtalk - proud to see his important work being highlighted by such a high-profile programme 👏🏽

[Gurwinder @G_S_Bhogal]

In 2022 I learned hundreds of useful concepts that improved my understanding of the world.

Here are the 10 best:

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

university professor tears up his academic degrees live on TV in protest to Taliban banning women from schools and unis. “I’m doing this because if they’re not allowing my mother and sister to study I’m also not going to teach”

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

the brave women of Afghanistan are shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) and “education is our right”.

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

have iraqis not read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak?

love this thread

[Bayt Al Fann @BaytAlFann]

Welcome to Al-Mutanabbi Street the ‘Book Market of Baghdad’, where books remain in the street at night because Iraqis say:

“The reader does not steal and the thief does not read.”

A thread on the rich heritage of the historic book market on Al-Mutanabbi Street…

[BBC Media Action @bbcmediaaction]

JOB: We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced project manager to lead our work in #Afghanistan on mine risk education, health, nutrition and supporting local media organisations. Sound interesting? Apply here: https://t.co/ZmBBIPUlgu #devjobs #mediajobs

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

last time women in afg protested against taliban they were detained for several days with no access to family or lawyer. were only released after they were forced to confess on camera that they were backed by the west. @AmiriWahida was one of them. https://t.co/KB4h5b5OyB

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

afghan women are chanting #allornone - they're protesting against taliban's decision to ban women from universities. at least 5 women have been arrested + several journalists #LetHerLearn

[Wahida Amiri @AmiriWahida]

چقدر در این شرایطه اعتراض کردند سخت است من با این خانم های قهرامان کشورم می بالم که از بطن جامعه برای مردم شان عدالت می خواهند جهان مکلف است که برای افغانستان عدالت را پیاده کند

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

Afghan tv presenter gets emotional while announcing Taliban’s decision to ban women from universities.

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

male students and professors are walking out of classrooms/quitting their jobs in solidarity with afghan women who’ve been banned from attending universities by the Taliban.

[Obaidullah Wardak @Obaidwardak7]

I have served the faculty of mathematics and its students for over 10 years but despite rich experience and a doctorate I don’t wish to continue working somewhere where there is an organized discrimination against innocent and talented girls of this country by those in power. 2/2

[Sodaba سودابه @SodabaH]

we’re back to 90s with the Taliban

- Afghan women’s lives have become a living hell
- al qaeda leader was reportedly protected by TB (like Osama)
- Afghanistan = pariah state
- people starving
- minorities attacked

billions wasted, thousands of lives lost - for what?