Articles

The San Francisco Chronicle

• Apps for Muslims who can say ‘dating’ without blushing October 23, 2015
• How mosques are Americanizing October September 25, 2015
• The disappeared of Afghanistan October 15, 2013
• Immigrants give Fremont a makeover June 30, 2013
• Muslims, brace yourselves April 23, 2013
• Immigrant women in for equal rights April 5, 2013
• A refugee’s view on motherhood and career August 25, 2012
• Osama bin Laden’s death can hurt Afghanistan May 04, 2011
• With aid of S.F. man’s project, Afghan women risk lives for a song January 14, 2008
• Expatriate woman leaves San Jose to give micro-loans to poor Afghan women August 22, 2007 (Radio Version)
• Afghans eager to go home at all costs August 19, 2002
• Afghanistan’s fate rests with council June 9, 2002
• Bay Area Afghan expatriates walk tightrope June 17, 2002
• Afghan warlords exact a toll on the road to democracy June 5, 2002
• Interim leadership celebrated December 6, 2001
• Afghan talks off to a rosy start November 28, 2001
• Fractious groups to meet at U.N.-sponsored talks November 25, 2001
• Minority Hazaras rejoice at Mazar-e-Sharif’s recapture November 10 , 2001

The Daily Beast

• I’m boycotting sex-segregated parties in my Muslim-American community July 7, 2015
• American Muslims supporting gay marriage speak up June 27, 2015
• Afghan women defy mullahs to bury murdered March 23, 2015
• There was nothing ‘honorable’ about Kabul killing March 20, 2015
• Why the Taliban is still my enemy December 22, 2011

Medium and Center for Investigative Reporting

• Internal struggle at US mosques seep into secular courts August 31, 2015

Newsweek

• My Family and Other Extremists October 9, 2014

RH Reality Check

• Witnessing death from a distance April 11, 2014 

Himal Magazine

• The many faces of the diaspora March 27, 2014

Women Under Siege

• Afghanistan’s Widows of the Disappeared  October 11, 2013

The Atlantic

• In Afghanistan, fathers barter daughters to settle drug debts July 31, 2013

The World Weekly

• Shut up and suffer January 17, 2013, page 23

Forbes

•  Writer grieves for one of Afghanistan’s lost women August 22, 2012

Foreign Affairs

• The truth about opium brides March 7, 2012

FOX News

• How Iran Controls Afghanistan January 25, 2012

World Politics Review

• U.S. error puts Afghanistan’s counter-narcotics progress at risk November 29, 2011

The Christian Science Monitor

• Bilingual and struggling October 18, 2011
• The rising demand for overseas television: America’s United Nations of cable TV June 27, 2011
• An Afghan village girl blossoms in the city September 4, 2007
• A movie star rises from ruins of war July 17, 2007 (Radio version)
• Afghan women freer, yet a rise in fiery suicides August 9, 2002
• Foreign female aid workers feel less safe in Afghanistan July 19, 2002
• Afghan exiles get mixed homecoming welcome June 26, 2002

Women’s eNews (womensenews.org)

• Stop knee-jerk blaming of Afghan men, culture June 4, 2013
• Afghan child bride traded to pay opium debt January 15, 2012
• Afghan women debate the terms of their future June 30, 2002

New America Media

• In 2012 race, ‘pretending’ Afghanistan never happened September 1, 2012
• What the bronze medal means for Afghanistan August 10, 2012
• Reports of violence against Afghan women are sign of change May 16, 2012
• Taliban talks frighten Afghan Americans January 11, 2012
• Afghanistan the New Mexico?: Assassinations and the Drug Trade Aug 02, 2011

Sunday Times Magazine (UK)

• I can make a difference – if I can stay alive June 19, 2011
• The ghosts of Pul-e-Charkhi February 24, 2008 (Radio version)
• How the West short-changed Afghanistan October 29, 2006
• Brides of the drug lords May 9, 2004
• Brides of the drug lords (un-edited version)
• Return of the native to a nation reborn July 14, 2002

CorpWatch

• Gunmen of Kabul December 21, 2007

Saudi Aramco World

• New voices, new Afghanistan July/August 2007
• Herat is where the heart lives November/December 2002

EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight

• Afghanistan: A law-enforcement success story in Kabul November 20, 2007
• Q and A with Afghan counter-terrorism chief September 6, 2007
• Supreme Court to decide foreign minister’s fate May 29, 2007

Pajhwok Afghan News

• Women used to traffic drugs December 22, 2004

Scholastic

• A Day in an Afghan School September 2004
• Life in a City September 2004
• Life in a Village September 2004
• One Brick at a Time September 2004
• Women in Afghanistan September 2004
• Iraq’s boy band dreams big September 2003

POZ Magazine

• After Ibn Zuhur October 2003

Village Voice

• U.S. curtails Iraq’s newfound media freedoms June 27, 2003
• Rumors of abduction frighten Baghdad parents June 11 – 17, 2003
• Return of the ‘good warlord’ November 21 – 27, 2001

Newsday

• Bombed and betrayed March 16, 2003

Unpublished

• My veil, my decision May 2003

Mother Jones

• Reconstructing justice July 17, 2003
• Demanding to be heard November 14, 2001
• Students of the war November 2, 2001

Agence France Presse

• Hamid Karzai risks his neck for royalist cause in Afghanistan November 2, 2001
• Afghan carpet industry unravelled by war November 11, 2001
• Clinic struggling to cope with Afghanistan’s refugees November 5, 2001
• Support for Taliban written in blood October 31, 2001
• Women’s rights group struggles to gain respect among Afghans October 30, 2001
• Afghanistan to become a cold war for US October 22, 2001
• Air strikes force Pakistani women to choose sides October 17, 2001
• Smugglers turn saviours for Afghan refugees October 11, 2001
• Fearing war, Afghans cancel weddings October 8, 2001
• Opposition claims capture of villages in northern Afghanistan October 7, 2001
• Afghan opposition commander calls for US prudence October 4, 2001

Pacific News Service

• Hiding in Brooklyn September 13, 2002
• Beyond the veil: time to refocus women’s rights June 13, 2002
• The blue-eyed grandmother of the Afghans still finds ways to help after 30 years November 30, 2000
• Reaching women in Afghanistan July 6, 2000
• Postcard from Mashad June 4, 1997
• Afghan exiles grasping at a thread of hope July 30, 1996

ANG Newspapers

• Bombing suspect arrested October 6, 1999
• Bay Area Afghans divided over military strike August 21, 1999
• Minorities see less prejudice, more sensitivity in workplace August 1, 1999
• Diversity dilemma: police face a growing language barrier July 31, 1999
• Picking up the pieces March 28, 1999
• A year after the terror, victims attempt to move on March 28, 1999
• East Palo Alto man still hopes to find brother’s assailants March 28, 1999
• Local businesses target Hispanics October 19, 1998
• Profile in courage February 10, 1998
• Brain device blocks woman’s tremors December 19, 1997