AFGHANISTAN SAMIZDAT
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CALL FOR ACTION – CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
This work is fiction, but I think it reflects a kind of reality that we all need to be more conscious of. The writing is excellent. I quote a littie from the author's note to AAConnect:
I recently finished a scifi short story I'd been working on for about 8 years and published it on Amazon (which does not let me list it at $0.00 unfortunately….
Anyway, I wanted to share it with this group in case there was any interest. Thank you in advance for any feedback, and much love!
–Mahdi
Title: Withdrawal Link: Amazon
A Soviet discussion of Samizdat revealing how leaks of documents to the outside world led to increased access to Samizdat inside the USSR.
A reporter is tortured and forced to leave Afghanistan
A report from Twitter on Taliban steps to interfere with communications
Hazara family manages to escape Entered here on 8 April 2023.
An Afghan-American reports on the US end of the Emergency Evacuation Response Entered here on 4 April 2023.
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/02/07/what-life-is-like-for-afghan-women-now Entered here on 8 February 2023.
https://twitter.com/hrw/status/1547061000649580546?s=20&t=Gmle76C23jF5L45Lq24KgQ Conversation with exiled teachers and women's rights figures, entered here on 8 February 2023.