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What Afghan Women Want You to Know

Published: Oct. 2, 2021, 11 a.m.

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The women of Afghanistan are elected officials, school teachers, actors, TV contest winners, ancient rug weavers, and whisperers of forbidden poetry. The Taliban are starting to put down their thumb. But these women want you to know they are more than the timid victim under a burqa.

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Original Air Date:\\xa0October 02, 2021

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Guests:\\xa0

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Humaira Ghilzai\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Eliza Griswold\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Anna Badkhen\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Rafia Zakaria

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Interviews In This Hour:\\xa0

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What\'s the future of culture in Afghanistan?\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0For Afghan weavers, the world is a carpet\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0Generations of Afghan women sharing the landay\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0How Afghanistan became America\'s \'first feminist war\'

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