User:Nasimfekrat

Nasim Fekrat (Sohrab Kabuli, pen name) 24, is an Afghan young writer and independent journalist in Kabul who won the international prize of freedom of expression blog awards organized by Reporters Without Borders in 2005. He is blogging from Kabul in two languages; English http://afghanlord.org and Farsi http://kabuli.org. He start blogging when his satire/cartoon magazine closed by fanatic Islamic figures. He was forced to leave the country for a short period but he returned to his country to exercise freedom of speech under pseudonym. Since September 11, 2001, he has been working as freelance writer for various newspapers and magazines including RFA, BBC Persian online, Anis daily, Jadid media and Arman daily. Currently he lives in Kabul commenting on political, social, cultural and women issues on his blogs alongside photos and podcasting. He has only finished high school and spent some years as a refugee in neighboring Pakistan whilst the Taliban was in power. While in Pakistan, he couldn’t pursue his education and had to work to support his family. All his media-related knowledge is self-taught with his own initiative.