Farhat Popal (she/her)

Human rights, women's rights, immigrant affairs, Afghanistan, SCA, MENA. Views my own. Past: @CityofSanDiego @TheBushCenter @StateDRL @SIGARHQ. @trumanproject

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

@AaronBrennanSD @TrumanProject @shawnjvandiver @andykoppsd Grateful for you and yours!

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

@ChrisJamesWalsh @yankeebean Seconded!❤️

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

Grateful and honored to do this piece with my former @TheBushCenter colleague--and one of my favorite people ever--@ChrisJamesWalsh. There are so many things that bring us together if we just take a minute to stop and reflect on our shared humanity. #catalystideas

[Christopher Walsh @ChrisJamesWalsh]

Different political views. Different faiths. Different regions of the country. And yet my former @thebushcenter colleague @fpoplady and I are still great friends. Why? Read #catalystideas… https://t.co/tFdNzpt7PG

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

@KrocIPJ @giwps It was an honor to meet these incredible leaders, thank you for having me!

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

@RitaSFernandez Grateful for you, Rita! So excited for your new role and that you'll be carrying this work forward - the City's lucky to have you.

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

Only out of my shell for a moment to say: it's not about abortion. It's about telling women that they're reduced to a reproduction function, w/o agency to make decisions about their lives, w/o healthcare that could prevent their death. It's about telling women they don't matter.

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

From my friend and respected voice in this space, @TeresaIsabelleC. @MinasList

[Teresa Casale @TeresaIsabelleC]

My latest in The Hill. If you're a woman in #Afghanistan today, there is not a lot to celebrate, and that should matter to women everywhere. #StandWithWomenInAfghanistan #StandWithAfghanWomen #IWD2022 #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2022 https://t.co/7XyGyhDJvl

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

My heart hurts every single day as an Afghan-American. My heart hurts as an immigrant and former refugee. My heart hurts as a woman. But most of all, my heart hurts as a human being as I watch our world fail in every meaningful way to respect human dignity & human life.

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

I've been posting less & less on here because no words-whether of advocacy, reflection, or otherwise-feel sufficient or appropriate in response to our world. But today, an attempt: a personal thread on #Ukraine, #Afghanistan, #immigration, #humanrights & heartache.

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

If only welcoming & inclusion were universal values. If only we meant it when we said we believe in human rights & women's rights. If only our respect for people's fight for freedom & democracy extended everywhere.

[The Afghan-American Foundation @Afghan_American]

Legal services will be a lasting critical need for newly arrived Afghans. We’re proud to be a lead partner — with @humanrights1st @gibsondunn @WeTheAction @welcomeus — in this national mobilization launching 3/4/22.

Join us to find out how you can help: https://t.co/QBByq7R5J2.

[Shawn VanDiver @shawnjvandiver]

Friends in #Afghanistan: our website has a ton of resources for you to use as you navigate to the resources you need and we will be adding more every week. #AfghanEvac

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

I have no words. #StandWithUkraine

[Farnaz Fassihi @farnazfassihi]

Ukrainian soldier reciting Persian poetry in the battle field. The poem, addressed to a lover, asks who will tell you the news of my death?
"به چه می‌اندیشی، چه کسی باور کرد، جنگل جان مرا آتش عشق تو خاکستر کرد."

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

Let's be mindful of the words we use & hear as we share in our collective grief for #Ukraine. Every person on this earth is a human being first, & every human being has the right to seek safety when their life is threatened, no matter what they look like or where they come from.

[AMEJA @AMEJA]

NEW: AMEJA’s full statement on the comments about “civilized” countries, people that don’t “look like refugees” and the like in recent coverage of the war in Ukraine.

[Teresa Casale @TeresaIsabelleC]

Six month since that horrific day. It's still fresh. The trauma is ongoing. The rights of women & girls have disappeared. Learn more about how their lives have changed in this week's brief: https://t.co/MAvEq92abe #StandWithWomenInAfghanistan #StandwithAfghanWomen

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

Reminders: (1) the Afghan people didn't perpetrate 9/11; (2) these funds don't belong to the Taliban; (3) the US-Taliban deal ultimately led to their rise to power. We've become bearers of injustice, colonial-level theft, & death of the innocent. To pretend otherwise is delusion.

[Adam N Weinstein @AdamNoahWho]

1. Using a country’s foreign reserves to compensate 9/11 victims may make sense in the windowless confines of a courtroom but defies basic logic. To the world, this looks like nothing short of theft, not compromise or sound legal reasoning.

https://t.co/YReca6V2mj

[Farhat Popal (she/her) @fpoplady]

@margolick I have the same cat mug thanks to the lovely @RitaSFernandez. Brings so much joy! And productivity. Obviously.