A Letter to My Nephew: On Being Hazara

Author: Anis Rezaei People were hastily—anxiously, even—rushing past each other to catch the next train. Just another normal day at a train station in our fast-paced city: London. My nephew J and I were walking up the stairs to reach the platform. I was immersed in the crowd, yet attentive to his energetic and playful […]

Report on Access To Education for Women Under the Taliban

Shared Report – the following report is a shared report that Bolaq does not own. Introduction The full report as PDF here… When the Taliban seized power in August 2021, the Taliban’s first action was to prohibit the education of girls above the sixth grade, closing the doors of schools to them. Following this, over […]

2024: Hazaras Still at Risk of Genocide and Oppression Under the Taliban Regime

Besmillah Taban[1] Abstract The Hazara community in Afghanistan has faced a long history of persecution, discrimination, and violence, dating back to the time of Abdur Rahman Khan (Amir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901) and continuing into the present under the Taliban regime. Despite historical changes in government and legal systems, the […]

Ethnic Hazaras: a Transnational identity at a Displacement conference

AHRDO Conference Berlin Germany

Listen to Audio version of this article on Bolaq’s YouTube Channel International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, AHRDO and Global Initiatives for Justice, Truth & Reconciliation (GIJTR) collaborated together to hold some workshops with some advocacy-based organizations that worked with displaced people, and for the rights of different demographics of the people of Afghanistan. As […]

Qassem Soleimani – a Villain or a Savior

Gen. Qassem Soleimani - Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP

Early on Friday morning, January 3, 2020, US rocket attacks in Baghdad International Airport killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Quds forces of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), with his small entourage. Among those killed was Jamal Jafar Mohammad Ali al Ibrahim, a.k.a. Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, the leader of Kata’ib Hizbullah and deputy chief […]