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Tajik Bukharian clothes

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A Kyrgyz man brings a tray of tea to welcome a guest.

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Women—mostly widows—train for police force jobs at a firing range near Kabul, Afghanistan 

Photographer: Lynsey Addario

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Mujahadeen leader Ahmad Shah Massoud during the Soviet-Afghan War. He would be assassinated by Al-Qaeda three days before the September 11th terrorist attacks.

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A look at the Kung Fu women of Kabul, chipping away at gender norms!

These women and girls are fighting to become Afghanistan’s Shaolin martial art ambassadors!

Kung fu is empowering a group of 10 powerful Hazara women and girls. They are practising “wushu” kung fu on a hilltop in the west of Kabul. They are preparing for the day that Afghanistan can send its women’s wushu team to an international tournament.

© Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

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hall of mirrors, silêmanî, kurdistan (x)

the pieces of broken mirror represent 182,000 victims of the anfal campaign, and the lights represent the 4,500 kurdish villages wiped off the map.

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I like stories where women save themselves. أُحبّ القِصص حيث ينقذ النّساء أنفُسهن.

You don’t need princes to save you -  Neil Gaiman (via m7madsmiry)

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A Syrian man has a moment of peace amid a war ridden room.

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Me

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