Nasim Fekrat
The World Through My Eyes
The Hell of Opiate
A young Hazara refugee and now an addict who was deported from Iran. Afghanistan is considered one of the world’s largest producers of opium in the world but one terrifying reality that is obsecured is that Afghanistan is also home to “nearly 4 million drugs users, or close to 10 per cent of the total population according to the UN.” This means that for every 10 people, 1 is an addict.
The unknown future of children
Elementary school in Hazarajat
A Hazara child in Ghur province
Afghan Female Taekwondo Fighter
Happy International Women’s Day
Children of Central Afghanistan
This picture was taken in summer of 2009. I don’t understand why one of the children wearing earmuffs. It wasn’t cold as I remember.
Children in Afghanistan
The Alarming Rise in Afghan Forces Casualties
According to news agencies, Afghan Forces Suffered 15,000 Casualties in First 8 Months of 2016. Last year in July U.S. top commander, General John Nicholson said that Afghan forces suffering is remarkably rising since the Taliban have beefed up their attacks.
Victim of Landmine
Mohammad Jan lost his leg to a land mine when foraging for wood in the nearby village. According to UN Afghanistan is one of the top three most-mined countries on the planet. (more…)
Woman Spinning Wool
In winter of 2008, I walked through Hazarajat (the Central highlands of Afghanistan) with a friend who wanted to make a documentary. We stayed at this family’s house which I think located at dry valley called “dare sofla,” in Ashtarlay district, in Daykundi province. (more…)
Illiteracy and Poverty: The Struggle of Afghan Women
I took this photo in the spring 2008. I assume it was sometime in April, just a few weeks after the Kuchi attacks the Hazaras in Behsud district. I was assigned to document the devastation and the aftermath of the attacks. This is one of those pictures that I found in my archive today. All houses and huts were set on fire and nothing left behind except black walls and ruins.
Old Furnace in Central Afghanistan
I can’t remember exactly where and in which village I took this photo, but I remember it was somewhere in Ashtarlay district, in Nili province, in the central highlands of Afghanistan. This photo reminds me my mother who used to bake bread for us in similar fashion. (more…)
Rabia Balkhi’s Tomb, The First Persian Poetess
This sarcophagus is believed to hold the remains of the first woman who wrote poems in Persian language. Rābi’a Balkhī (d.943) was born in Balkh, northern Afghanistan, where Rumi is considered to be born (but recent studies show that Rumi was actually born in Wakhsh, Tajikistan). (more…)