The woman killed for pop music - Afghanistan

[Coexist]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1619634,00.html
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Police said that they believed the killing was linked to her former job as a “veejay” — video journalist — on Hop, which was broadcast by Tolo TV, one of a number of private stations set up since the fall of the Taleban.

I hope the women there make Shaima Rezayee a martyr.

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AFGHANISTAN: CULTURE ON AN INTERNATIONAL FAULTLINE
Women enjoyed relative freedom during Afghanistan’s last period of stability between 1933 and 1973, under the rule of King Zahir Shah.

sigh... what's on the march again?

[ck4829]

1. How sad

[Shell Beau]

2. This is so disturbing. It

just reminds me to be grateful. So sad!

[Coexist]

3. I know - I am always glad that I was born here

I read a book called "Reading Lolita in Tehran" that pretty much chronicles the erosion of women's rights in Iran.