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…
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Sustainable Philanthropy, Education and Business Inspired by Roya Mahboob, Biz Stone and Fred Wilson
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 Culpepper, US Treasury's Resident Debt in Georgia on Afghan Women's Education and Empowerment
David Dulpepper was the US Treasury’s Resident Debt and monetary policies advisor in Georgia (the country, not the U.S. state) from…
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…
Examer - Sustainable Education and Development - Social Enterprise for Women in Technology
The Examer Educational Software is a fantastic project conceived by Ms. Elaha Mahboob and developed in collaboration with…
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…
Time 100 Most Influential People and Pioneers in the World, Roya Mahboob, Afghanistan Education and Digital Media Entrepreneur
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.…
Afghanistan Education System with Online Software, Examer
Education is the key factor for developing countries. Without education, a country cannot achieve a convenient economical development.…
Sustainable Development in Afghanistan: Educational Opportunity For All is Key, Even Disabled Children
Yesterday I gave a presentation on Operation Exceptional Child (OpEx Child) to yet another Rotary group. Since creating OpEx…
The Renaissance and Crossroads of Philanthropy - Digital and Social Media - Target Thinking
I was born in Florence, Italy, an incredible city also known as the cradle of Renaissance. My grandfather, Edoardo Meriggi, past away…
MALALA YOUSAFZAI STARTS A FUND FOR FEMALE EMPOWERMENT
After she survived being shot in the face by a Taliban militant on October 9th, Malala Yousafzai - the Pakistani activist school girl…
BATMAN's Sustainable Philanthropy for Afghanistan Education and Women Empowerment
Yesterday, I went to JFK airport to pick up Roya Mahboob, our partner and CEO of the Afghan Citadel Software Company. She was with…
Afghanistan Education
The role of Education Institutions in a country is to improve and prepare the people’s minds toward development. Hence, Afghan…
Target Thinking for Afghanistan, Women Empowerment and Education for Boys and Girls
Real estate prices fluctuate upon demand. The same concept works for World Wide Web real estate. Today, the first page of a…
Secretary of State John Kerry and Roya Mahboob Discuss Afghanistan Economy, Education and Social Media Development
Last week, Roya Mahboob was in Dubai celebrating the Persian New Year. At the same time, I was travelling to D.C. with Fereshteh…
AFGHAN GIRLS ARE TEACHING OUR STUDENTS A VALUABLE LESSON
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…
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…
USAID, Target Thinking, Economic Development, Humanitarian Assistance in Afghanistan and Beyond
Target Thinking is very addictive! Last week, we visited USAID to film two important and inspirational interviews. The first was with…
Afghanistan Education System
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Government of Afghanistan tried in the last ten years to improve and make a new curriculum across the country, but due to lack of…
New Movie Explains How to Empower Women Through Education
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, President of the American University of Afghanistan, on Education and Women Empowerment in Afghanistan
Dr. C. Michael Smith is an accomplished educational leader in the United States and internationally. In August 2009, he was named…
THE IMPACT OF PHILANTHROPIC FOREIGN FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN ECONOMY: WHEN BUSINESS BECOMES SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ITSELF
Creating, developing and managing businesses give birth to the global economy. It's because of those three essential bricks - repeating…
Examer Educational Software to facilitate Afghanistan education system
Fereshteh Forough, a partner at Citadel Software talks about this online exam software called Examer educational Software. She explains…
Fashion Shows in Afghanistan
Article by Nikki Shaver Photo Courtesy: Ricymar Photography. The thought of parading the female form in Afghanistan is still…
Herat International Women's Film Festival Towards Empowering Women in Afghanistan with Filmmaking
International Women's Day originally came from International Working Women's Day, which is on March 8, when many women started their…
Improving Afghanistan Education System through Online Contents
Today is February 28, 2013 and here are my activities for this week. Continuing the registration process of the Examer System, Hatifi…
AFGHAN WOMEN AND MEN LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN
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…
Initiatives of Film Annex & Citadel for bringing new technologies into the Educational system of 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…
Rhythm and Rhyme Children Books for Libraries and Schools, Kenya and Afghanistan Schools for Girls and Boys
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…
MUSIC HELPS THE AFGHANISTAN EDUCATION TRAVEL THE WORLD
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.…
رئیس دفتر خاورمیانه تایم آرین بیکر در مورد تحصیلات و به قدرت رساندن زنان در افغانستان
هیچ راه میانبری وجود ندارد، مستقیم به چشمهای افراد نگاه کنید، انتقاد را…
TIME Middle East Bureau Chief Aryn Baker on Education and Women Empowerment in Afghanistan
"There are no short cuts. Look people in the eye. Stay positive, don't take criticism personally, and always treat people the way…
How Can Filmmakers Use Social Media for Female Empowerment?
by Jasmine DavisIt doesn’t matter whether you’re a woman or a man. If you’re interested in female empowerment and…
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…
Social Media Effectors for Afghanistan Education and Economy
I had a research about social media marketing, specifically in Afghanistan. I have found an interesting and important subject that…
Promoting the Afghan student life with Novel Social Media concepts
I never thought that Afghanistan situation would change one day, especially for women. I am happy to see that Afghan women go to schools,…
Resource Center for Afghan women in Balkh
A Women’s Resource Center was inaugurated in Balkh on Tuesday to help Afghan women seek education in English language and internet…
Female Filmmaker Saba Sahar Works to Empower Women in Afghanistan
by Jasmine Davis Women from Afghanistan don’t always get the chance to become filmmakers. However, Saba Sahar is achieving her…
John and Jan Bradley from The Lamia Afghan Foundation on Afghanistan Education and Economy
"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 Chief Editor and Publisher of afghanexaminer about Social Media in Afghanistan
Omid Mehdavi is the Chief Editor and Publisher in Afghan Examiner, it is the first Afghan American English newspaper in the United…
UK Independent Filmmaker Anderson West on Women's Annex and Afghanistan Filmmaking Industry
"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 Principal at Packaging & Recycling Communications Consulting on Afghanistan Economy
Joseph Cattaneo is the Principal at Packaging & Recycling Communications Consulting. Below is an interview of him About Educational…
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…
Trey Titone, Manager of Publisher Development in MeFeedia on Women's Annex- Afghanistan, Central and South Asia Marketing
Trey Titone is the Manager of Publisher Development in Beachfront Media that offers video solutions for publishers, advertisers, enterprises,…
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…
Independent London-based Female Filmmaker, Sorcha Anglim on Women's Annex - Afghanistan, Central and South Asia Film Industry
Sorcha Anglim is a female short film maker who started out at Staffordshire University. She is currently working as a freelance Production…
Writing Helps Empower Women in Afghanistan
by Jasmine Davis Photo by Roya in conjunction with the Afghan Women's Writing Project. The Afghanistan literacy rate of 28%…
An Afghan Female Teacher's Perspective about Afghanistan Education System
Arefa Ghafoori is one of the Hatifi High School teachers. She has been teaching elementary classes and working in health section of…
Unforgettable Moments with Elissa Montanti and GMRF's injured Children of War in New York
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…
West London - Independent Filmmaker Andy Parker on Women's Annex - Afghanistan, Central and South Asia Film Industry
Andy Parker, an independent filmmaker based in West London, has a passion for visuals and loves to tell stories through imagery. His…
London-Based Independent Filmmaker Mark Kuczewski on Women's Annex - Afghanistan, Central and South Asia and Film Industry
Mark Kuczewski has directed and worked on many short films over the past few years. Many of them are now making their way around…
An Introduction and an Afghan Proverb
As a famous Afghan Proverb says, “Maahee-ra har waqt az aab biggeree, taaza ast.” In English this translates as…
Development Process of New Education System in Afghanistan
The main idea to develop an Online Examination System within Afghanistan came from Film Annex and Afghan…
The Hulk is asking Santa for more computers for Building Schools in Afghanistan
Film Annex is like the Hulk, an ever growing beast, with millions of monthly viewers, hundreds of thousands of registered users, 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…
Afghanistan New Educational System (Examer)
Examer is an online examination system which it designed to take exam from students in an online base. The purpose…
Peer to Peer Universal Educational Software, an Opportunity for Grants and Financial Aids From Developed Countries
The Examer Educational Software is a universal communication tool between students, teachers and professionals. We started in Herat,…
Afghanistan education
Afghanistan is one of cold region which schools begin at the first of spring and its holiday 3 months of winter. EducationAfghanistan…
Education of women in Afghanistan
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Education has become a very important matter in Afghanistan these days. People take their future prosperity in consideration and believe…
Central and South Asian Development and Economy Through Afghanistan, The New Switzerland
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…
Film Annex, Afghanistan, Target Marketing Annex, New Paltz and Ping Pong
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…
Afghan Men Need Afghan Women to Consolidate Afghanistan Economy and GDP Growth
Traditional societies like Afghanistan are shaped by thousands of years of history. Cultural differences appear as a challenge to…
Scholarships and Social Media Curriculum for Afghanistan Schools and Students
Thanks to the Afghan Development Project, today in Herat, Afghanistan, in 5 schools, over 20,000 students are able to register on…
AFGHANISTAN EDUCATION SYSTEM: BETWEEN ACID AND INTERNET
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…
Afghanistan Culture and Education with Saad Mohseni or Obama and Jay-z-Beyonce Party?
Today was a busy day. We started posting the video of the construction of our 5th Internet classroom in Herat, Afghanistan. Later…
Afghanistan Business Women - Tony Maloney, BPeace's Founder and CEO
Today, for the second time in a week, I met with Toni Maloney, a business woman with an incredible experience in the advertising industry…
Fashion, Film, Online Media, Education, and No Spaghetti Balls
A few months ago, a friend described the Facebook code as a spaghetti ball and explained that the gradual growth of the social…
Why Afghanistan's Educational System Has Become a Power Struggle
Why the Education of Afghanistan's People Has Become a Power Struggle Power doesn't only refer to control of large groups of people.…
Adap.tv Applauds Film Annex
Film Annex has found another supporter for their development initiatives in Afghanistan! Check out the following video of Sean Behr,…
Film Annex Studios Techniques for Afghanistan
Recently We received footage from Afghanistan where Elaha Mahboob, a web designer manager and software developer at Citadel Software…
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…
New Partner, New Project
If you are following the progress of Film Annex's Afghan Development Project, you're in for some good news. Recently, Daniel Yomtobian,…
Afghanistan's New Most Powerful Weapon: Education
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's Afghan Development Initiative
Film Annex started its Afghan Development Project with the aim of enhancing education infrastructure in Afghanistan. Film Annex has…
Blogging for the Afghan Education System and for yourself
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…
Rulli Speaks on the Afghan Development Project
As a follow-up to my last article, this week's entry spotlights a recorded interview with Francesco Rulli about the Afghan Development…
It's Check-out Time, Almost
This was the underlying message President Obama gave in Afghanistan earlier in the week as he spoke to U.S. Soldiers, the people of…
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…
