Ariana TV (ATN) transmission towers above Kabul, Afghanistan. ATN, a private television network, was launched in 2005. It focuses on informative, cultural and entertainment programming. Saad Mohseni, chairman of the Moby Media Group, the largest media organization in Afghanistan, recently penned an article about the importance of the media to the future of democracy in…
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Journeys to the Edge Trek article recognized
My story about Lauryn Oates and Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, “Courage, Education & Hope” published in the University of British Columbia’s alumni magazine Trek, was just awarded the bronze medal in the Individual Features or Feature Articles category in the 2014 CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) District VIII Communication Awards…
Happy New Year!
The Journeys to the Edge team of Roberta Staley and Tallulah Photography would like to thank the incredible supporters who helped make the multimedia show, Afghanistan Rising, such a success in 2013. We’ve got lots planned for 2014, including bringing the second recipient of the J2E Emerging Journalist Scholarship award to Canada to obtain advanced…
Farewell to Nelson Mandela – Peacemaker
Several years ago, the Journeys to the Edge team of Roberta Staley and Tallulah Photography travelled to Soweto, South Africa to report upon the efforts of a palliative care organization that supported slum dwellers who were suffering HIV-AIDS alone, immobilized and unable to feed themselves or travel to obtain their antiretroviral drugs. Soweto, which was…
Dec. 10 is International Human Rights Day
Today, December 10, is International Human Rights Day. Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan are calling for assurances from the Government of Canada to ensure that accountability measures are taken to prevent any Canadian funding to the Government of Afghanistan from inadvertently contributing to legal or judicial changes in Afghanistan that will be a setback…
J2E presents “Afghanistan Rising” at Dec. 6 event in Nanaimo, B.C.
J2E principal Roberta Staley will present “Afghanistan Rising” Dec. 6, 2013 as part of Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) annual Activism Against Gender Violence, commemorating the 24th anniversary of the slaying of women students by Marc Lépine at École Polytechnique de Montréal. The event will take place at Mon Petit Choux, 120 Commercial St, at 6pm.…
The Archer & The Horseman – Afghanistan cafe and gallery
I love this new little café and art gallery off Main Street on 16th Ave. in Vancouver, which was opened by Wafi Gran of Kabul, Afghanistan. Wafi is a bright young man who is studying political science at Simon Fraser University as well as running the café. Gran has imported paintings, sketches and photographs by Afghan artists…
Afghanistan Rising
Journeys to the Edge is gearing up for the Thursday, 27 June 2013 multimedia event and fundraiser, Afghanistan Rising, documenting the resurgence of education, gender equality, culture, fashion and civil society in Afghanistan. By showing how far the country has come since the Taliban were ousted by United States and NATO forces in 2001, Afghanistan Rising will…
Elle Canada link to Afghanistan stories
Elle Canada posted our story on Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and sidebars about Young Women for Change and Toofan Beauty Salon. The latter was edited away to nothing, so the story below is the original. The women in the final photo are sisters and co-owners of Toofan. http://www.ellecanada.com/living/culture/elle-world-writing-a-new-future-for-afghanistan/a/74065 Toofan Beauty Salon About 20 women,…
Elay Ershad – MP
Afghanistan MP Elay Ershad looks out upon the elegant gathering of men and women under starry skies on the open-air terrace of Kabul’s Park Star Hotel. Two years into her tenure, and the public is still focused on her public deportment rather than her politics. Tomorrow, Ershad predicts, she will be condemned for mingling…