Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi

Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi is a German-Afghan journalist and presenter. As a child, she fled with her family from Afghanistan to Germany. Today she calls both countries home and builds bridges between the two cultures through her journalistic work and based on her own experiences of the issues affecting Afghan people worldwide. She works at Deutsche Welle for the Dari/Pashto, German and English editorial departments.

She works at Deutsche Welle for the editorial departments Dari/Pashto, German and English.

Die Löwinnen von Afghanistan

Based on conversations she had with Afghan women here and on the ground, as well as with the help of her own family history, Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi gives an insight into the struggle of Afghan women against systematic oppression. She tells of their hopes and fears, of courage, despair and strength. What becomes obvious in the process: Afghan women have always been instrumentalised for their own purposes (be it by the Western powers, the Mujahideen or the Taliban). People talk about them, not with them.

Waslat Harat-Nazimi: Die Löwinnen von Afghanistan. Der lange Kampf um Selbstbestimmung. Rowohlt Verlag, 2022