EDUCATION AS THE KEY FOR FEMALE EMPOWERMENT AROUND THE WORLD
Christiane Amanpour is an example of female empowerment. Most people are familiar with her features and journalistic skills, which…
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The Ninth Internet Class room opened in Mirman Hayati High School
Afghan Citadel Software Company (ACSC) with Filmannex cooperation…
Philanthropy will end the poverty, 60 Minutes CBS
Today a number of 1.2 billion people are living under the poverty line all over the world, mostly in sub-Sahara Africa, about…
TIME 100 Roya Mahboob and HuffingtonPost on Women's Empowerment in Afghanistan
As a traditional country, women in Afghanistan always have faced with challenges and problems on their way towards being more active…
Modern-day Robin Hood applies Business Skills to Philanthropy - 60 Minutes on CBS - The Afghan Perspective, May 5, 2013
Every person has an unforgettable memory in his or her childhood specially about specific cartoon's characters. There are some…
Sustainable Philanthropy and Women's Education in Afghanistan - Fereshteh from NYC
Afghanistan is a traditional country with an old history. Women have always played a very important role the society through decades,…
TIME 100 Influential Pioneer, Roya Mahboob on Afghanistan Education and Empowering Women
This week was a great week for me and with wonderful news about my partner Roya Mahboob in Afghanistan. She was selected by TIME Magazine…
Roya Mahboob One of Time 100 Pioneers
If there is onething that I think is valuable and I’m enjoying to be part of, is absolutely my experience…
CEO of Afghan Citadel, Roya Mahboob in TIME 100 Most Influential People and Pioneers in the World
Afghan citadel is the first women-owned business company that works in information technology in Afghanistan. The company has been…
Women Empowerment and Building Internet Classroom in Afghanistan with TIME Influential Pioneers - Roya Mahboob
Today is a great day for Afghanistan and especially for Afghan women. TIME magazine published its list of The 100 Most Influential…
Newtown families voice support for gun control April 7, 2013 - The Afghan Perspective - 60 Minutes on CBS
Nobody can forget about what happened on Friday December 14, 2012, in Newtown Connecticut where 26 people that includes 20 children…
Angelina Jolie and Women's Annex Building Schools in Afghanistan for Girls
Today, I was browsing several websites and I read a very inspiring and interesting news about Angelina Jolie, an American actress…
An Afghan Perspective - 60 Minutes on CBS - The Lost Boys of Sudan: 12 years later, March 31, 2013
This week 60 minutes episode had a long story behind. It goes back to Twelve years ago when 60 Minutes aired a story about Lost Boys…
WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN RECEIVE INSPIRATION FROM A KENYAN TEACHER
Through history many cultures have invented and implemented different methods to prevent women from having premarital intercourse…
Fereshteh from NYC, AUAF with USAID Director Dr. Rajiv Shah, Maura O’Neil on Afghanistan Education and Women Empowerment
This week was a special one for me. First of all, our new year started on Wednesday, 20th of March, the first day of spring, that…
An Afghan Perspective - 60 Minutes on CBS - The Innovator: Jack Dorsey March 17, 2013
Living in the Information Technology era has changed the way people communicate with each other. Today thinking about writing a letter…
An Afghan Perspective - 60 Minutes on CBS - Sheryl Sandberg pushes women to "lean in", March 10, 2013
Last Friday was March 8, which was International Women's Day. This week's 60 Minutes program was about one the most powerful women…
Esther Nelson, Co-owner of Granny Press, on the Educational System in Afghanistan
"Students must not be passive listeners but active participants" ESTHER NELSON has the M.A. Dance Education from New York University.…
Fereshteh from NYC, International Women's Day with Women's Annex in Afghanistan by Building Internet Classrooms
This Friday is a special day. Today is the International Women's Day, a day that is the result of struggles and sacrifices of women…
Fereshteh from NYC, Social Media and Education in Afghanistan with Educational Software Examer
We live in Social Media world and there is no way to escape for not being involve in it. Everyday millions of interactions is…
Social Media Week in NYC with Women's Annex on Women Empowerment and Girls Education in Developing Countries
This week is Social Media Week in NYC. A lot of people from different industries and organizations are participating in this event…
Building schools in Afghanistan to facilitate education of women in Afghanistan
Education of women in Afghanistan is one of the initiatives that Allied NATO forces and aid organizations are working very hard at…
Education for Women in Afghanistan
When someone says, "Afghanistan," what comes to mind? For me, it's war, mistreatment of women, and an element of mystery. Maybe…
An Afghan Perspective - 60 Minutes on CBS - Americans in Algeria: Surviving a terrorist attack February 10, 2013
Thinking about terrorist attacks in any part of the world is painful and heartbreaking. Beside the physical destruction and anarchy…
Fereshteh from NYC, Afghanistan National Institute of Music, Internet Classroom Opening
I have started my week with a great news from Afghanistan. Afghanistan National Institute of Music has a tour in the USA and on February…
Mobile Money Payment and Building Schools in Afghanistan with Women's Annex
In developing countries, especially in Afghanistan, people are used to carry cash more than credit cards. It is the old traditional…
Afghan youth bring peace by Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a traditional country with a very old history, beside the variety of tribe, languages, customs and lifestyles music…
Women Empowerment in Afghanistan with Politics, Military, Internet Classroom
Reading news about women and their activities give you a pleasant feeling and it makes you more hopeful when it is about women in…
An Afghan Perspective - 60 Minutes on CBS - Obama and Clinton: The 60 Minutes interview, January 27, 2013
Politics, it is one of the important issues which defines strategical point of views of each country and in the other hand it establishes…
Afghan Development Projects
Afghanistan in three decades of its internal war lost all of its long and short time development projects, they…
PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN WOMEN CHEER MALALA YOUSAFZAI'S NOMINATION FOR TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF 2012
According to Wikipedia, Time Magazine's Person of the Year is an "annual issue of the United States newsmagazine Time that…
Fifth Internet Classroom built by Film Annex at Amir Ali Sher Nawaie High School in Herat, Afghanistan
Film Annex forges ahead in its initiative of building internet classrooms in Afghanistan schools. Equipped with computers, internet…
SCHOOLS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN CONTINUE TO BE UNDER THE THREAT OF BOMBINGS
Many kids living in "developed" countries keep education for granted these days. They consider it as something they have to do, and…
AFGHANISTAN EDUCATION IS IMPROVING THROUGH THE DONATION OF INTERNET CLASSROOMS
I was recently watching an episode of "60 Minutes" on CBS, when one of the pieces on the show caught my attention. Scott Pelley was…
PUSHPA & RAZIA, HEROINES FOR NEPALI & AFGHAN WOMEN
Last night CNN broadcasted "2012 CNN Hero of the Year", a television event set to give awards and monetary rewards to 10 people from…
WHEN PROSTITUTION OF AFGHAN WOMEN LEADS TO HONOR KILLING
It's hard enough for young women around the world to escape the spiral of prostitution with their own forces, but it's even harder…
Film Annex Opens 5th Internet Classroom in Herat, Afghanistan
Film Annex in collaboration with the Afghan Citadel Software company will celebrate the opening of a new Internet classroom at the…
A WELL OF DIFFERENCE: EDUCATION IN AFGHANISTAN AS AN EXAMPLE OF CULTURE PROGRESS
In 2011 I spent the month of July traveling through Rajasthan, an iconic region of central-north India filled with historic…
Francesco Rulli speaks about Afghanistan's economy
As someone who has been writing about Film Annex for a few months now, I completely love their multiple initiatives both on the ground…
Preparing for a Better Tomorrow
Most coverage about Afghanistan in today’s media is about the endless violence and pointless deaths every day. What’s…
Eradicating Polio/Measles with Afghanistan Schools as Partners
Despite threats from Taliban, insecurity and a challenging geography, a UN/Afghanistan government program to eradicate measles…
Internet Classroom opens at Hatifi High School in Afghanistan
With the help of Citadel Software in Afghanistan along with USAID, Film Annex has been building internet classrooms all across Afghanistan.…
Funding the Afghan Development's Internet Classrooms: Who, What, Where and How?
The Afghan Development Project is on a mission to ensure that the children, men, and women to have the opportunity to receive the…
WELCOME TO HERAT, AFGHANISTAN
Herat, the third largest city in Afghanistan, houses about 400,000 people. Absent from any list of prioritized locations to visit…
Realizing Dreams of Afghans Youths by building Schools
Across the World, major newspaper headlines are talking about upcoming US election and withdrawal of US and NATO forces from…
Everyone Wants to Rule the World via Internet
Everyone wants to control the future, and the Internet is seen both as weapon and tool of greater good, depending on the perspective.…
Internet Classrooms to Revolutionize the Educational System of Afghanistan: Film Annex's Afghan Development Project
The subject of the struggles of receiving an education for the women and youth of Afghanistan has been a frequent topic in…
BUILDING INTERNET CLASSROOMS IN AFGHANISTAN: NOW A REALITY
Film Annex did it: they bult the first internet classroom in Baghnazargah School in Herat, Afghanistan. You can see the different…
Celebrating the First Internet Classroom Built by Film Annex in Afghanistan
The first Internet classroom built by Film Annex and Citadel in Baghnazargah School, Afghanistan is ready to welcome its first students!…
Six Things I'm Thankful For
I just watched Film Annex’s latest independent film in which they interviewed several female teachers and students who…
