USAID helps Afghan Girls in Education and Economy to be empowered
Today I read an article about USAID's recent activity on training and supporting small private sectors by means of Afghanistan Workforce…
Today I read an article about USAID's recent activity on training and supporting small private sectors by means of Afghanistan Workforce…
Fred Wilson is one of the best Venture Capitalist in NYC. He is a very busy and successful man who writes blogs every couple of days,…
David Dulpepper was the US Treasury’s Resident Debt and monetary policies advisor in Georgia (the country, not the U.S. state) from…
Every person has an unforgettable memory in his or her childhood specially about specific cartoon's characters. There are some…
The Examer Educational Software is a fantastic project conceived by Ms. Elaha Mahboob and developed in collaboration with…
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…
The 2013 Time 100 most influential people in the world list is out! Roya Mahboob is listed in the Pioneers along with other 20 people.…
Education is the key factor for developing countries. Without education, a country cannot achieve a convenient economical development.…
Yesterday I gave a presentation on Operation Exceptional Child (OpEx Child) to yet another Rotary group. Since creating OpEx…
I was born in Florence, Italy, an incredible city also known as the cradle of Renaissance. My grandfather, Edoardo Meriggi, past away…
After she survived being shot in the face by a Taliban militant on October 9th, Malala Yousafzai - the Pakistani activist school girl…
Yesterday, I went to JFK airport to pick up Roya Mahboob, our partner and CEO of the Afghan Citadel Software Company. She was with…
The role of Education Institutions in a country is to improve and prepare the people’s minds toward development. Hence, Afghan…
Real estate prices fluctuate upon demand. The same concept works for World Wide Web real estate. Today, the first page of a…
Last week, Roya Mahboob was in Dubai celebrating the Persian New Year. At the same time, I was travelling to D.C. with Fereshteh…
Times change, and it's not just a saying. I am currently teaching in a school, but I remember very well when I used to sit on the…
Through history many cultures have invented and implemented different methods to prevent women from having premarital intercourse…
Target Thinking is very addictive! Last week, we visited USAID to film two important and inspirational interviews. The first was with…
Government of Afghanistan tried in the last ten years to improve and make a new curriculum across the country, but due to lack of…
by Jasmine Davis “One girl with courage is a revolution,” says the tagline of Girl Rising, a new movie from 10x10, a project…
Dr. C. Michael Smith is an accomplished educational leader in the United States and internationally. In August 2009, he was named…
Creating, developing and managing businesses give birth to the global economy. It's because of those three essential bricks - repeating…
Fereshteh Forough, a partner at Citadel Software talks about this online exam software called Examer educational Software. She explains…
Article by Nikki Shaver Photo Courtesy: Ricymar Photography. The thought of parading the female form in Afghanistan is still…
International Women's Day originally came from International Working Women's Day, which is on March 8, when many women started their…
Today is February 28, 2013 and here are my activities for this week. Continuing the registration process of the Examer System, Hatifi…
The war in Afghanistan has been going on for 11 1/2 years. Before the US entered the country looking for Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan…
This week was quite a busy week for me and I have done a lot of works. After coming back to Herat from Kabul Innovation Lab, I faced…
This week, I am staying in Miami with my family. We are guests of a friend. His apartment is located in a very quaint part of South…
I play guitar. I'm not a great musician, to any stretch of the imagination, but I've been actively involved in music all my life.…
هیچ راه میانبری وجود ندارد، مستقیم به چشمهای افراد نگاه کنید، انتقاد را…
"There are no short cuts. Look people in the eye. Stay positive, don't take criticism personally, and always treat people the way…
by Jasmine DavisIt doesn’t matter whether you’re a woman or a man. If you’re interested in female empowerment and…
Thinking about terrorist attacks in any part of the world is painful and heartbreaking. Beside the physical destruction and anarchy…
I had a research about social media marketing, specifically in Afghanistan. I have found an interesting and important subject that…
I never thought that Afghanistan situation would change one day, especially for women. I am happy to see that Afghan women go to schools,…
A Women’s Resource Center was inaugurated in Balkh on Tuesday to help Afghan women seek education in English language and internet…
by Jasmine Davis Women from Afghanistan don’t always get the chance to become filmmakers. However, Saba Sahar is achieving her…
"With the right vision for the future and the right emphasis on improving the quality of education and getting 100 % of school age…
Omid Mehdavi is the Chief Editor and Publisher in Afghan Examiner, it is the first Afghan American English newspaper in the United…
"If you are good at your job, it doesn't matter what gender you are. I believe that the best person, whether they are female or male,…
Joseph Cattaneo is the Principal at Packaging & Recycling Communications Consulting. Below is an interview of him About Educational…
Reading news about women and their activities give you a pleasant feeling and it makes you more hopeful when it is about women in…
Trey Titone is the Manager of Publisher Development in Beachfront Media that offers video solutions for publishers, advertisers, enterprises,…
Politics, it is one of the important issues which defines strategical point of views of each country and in the other hand it establishes…
Sorcha Anglim is a female short film maker who started out at Staffordshire University. She is currently working as a freelance Production…
by Jasmine Davis Photo by Roya in conjunction with the Afghan Women's Writing Project. The Afghanistan literacy rate of 28%…
Arefa Ghafoori is one of the Hatifi High School teachers. She has been teaching elementary classes and working in health section of…
War is an unlikable word for those children who suffer and live in war zones. It is not only the military but also the civilians who…
Andy Parker, an independent filmmaker based in West London, has a passion for visuals and loves to tell stories through imagery. His…
Mark Kuczewski has directed and worked on many short films over the past few years. Many of them are now making their way around…
As a famous Afghan Proverb says, “Maahee-ra har waqt az aab biggeree, taaza ast.” In English this translates as…
The main idea to develop an Online Examination System within Afghanistan came from Film Annex and Afghan…
Film Annex is like the Hulk, an ever growing beast, with millions of monthly viewers, hundreds of thousands of registered users, and…
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…
Examer is an online examination system which it designed to take exam from students in an online base. The purpose…
The Examer Educational Software is a universal communication tool between students, teachers and professionals. We started in Herat,…
Afghanistan is one of cold region which schools begin at the first of spring and its holiday 3 months of winter. EducationAfghanistan…
Education has become a very important matter in Afghanistan these days. People take their future prosperity in consideration and believe…
This week, I was a keynote speaker at the Marketing American Association at SUNY New Paltz. There, I got in touch with a few hundred…
Life in New York moves at a fast pace. For some, this was a short week as Monday was Columbus Day. In spite of spending it with my…
Traditional societies like Afghanistan are shaped by thousands of years of history. Cultural differences appear as a challenge to…
Thanks to the Afghan Development Project, today in Herat, Afghanistan, in 5 schools, over 20,000 students are able to register on…
How would you feel if you couldn't go to school because of the fear of being thrown acid on your face? How would you feel if attending…
Today was a busy day. We started posting the video of the construction of our 5th Internet classroom in Herat, Afghanistan. Later…
Today, for the second time in a week, I met with Toni Maloney, a business woman with an incredible experience in the advertising industry…
A few months ago, a friend described the Facebook code as a spaghetti ball and explained that the gradual growth of the social…
Why the Education of Afghanistan's People Has Become a Power Struggle Power doesn't only refer to control of large groups of people.…
Film Annex has found another supporter for their development initiatives in Afghanistan! Check out the following video of Sean Behr,…
Recently We received footage from Afghanistan where Elaha Mahboob, a web designer manager and software developer at Citadel Software…
The Afghan Development Project is on a mission to ensure that the children, men, and women to have the opportunity to receive the…
If you are following the progress of Film Annex's Afghan Development Project, you're in for some good news. Recently, Daniel Yomtobian,…
Eight months ago, if you had asked me about what I knew about Afghanistan, I would have said something about the war on terrorism.…
Film Annex started its Afghan Development Project with the aim of enhancing education infrastructure in Afghanistan. Film Annex has…
Blogging is a key factor when the conversation comes to Social Media. It's also a key chapter in the Film Annex Social Media Curriculum…
As a follow-up to my last article, this week's entry spotlights a recorded interview with Francesco Rulli about the Afghan Development…
This was the underlying message President Obama gave in Afghanistan earlier in the week as he spoke to U.S. Soldiers, the people of…
I just watched Film Annex’s latest independent film in which they interviewed several female teachers and students who…