The Afghans: An infant democracy

Rick Loomis

Los Angeles Times

picture title Quiet Revolution: In a move considered immodest by many conservative Muslims, Farzana Samemi, adjusts her head scarf to show some hair before doing a broadcast for Afghanistan's Tolo television network in Kabul, where she was the first woman to do so since the fall of the Taliban. 'My husband supports me,' she says, but admits he gets concerned when she shows too much hair. Another female presenter at the network was shot and killed in 2005.

Rick Loomis, "The Afghans: An infant democracy," in POYi Archive, Item #46003, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/46003 (accessed January 10, 2025).