Activist, writer, and a politician from Afghanistan
Don Allen, Teaching for Change’s Busboys and Poets Bookstore, March 25, 2011 Malalai Joya: “…they can never block my voice from reaching the great and peace-loving people in the United…
UPI, March 24, 2011 “She is a truth-teller,” said Ralph Lopez, 41, co-founder of the non-profit Afghanistan Peace Plan, at a rally in Harvard Square Wednesday. BOSTON — An Afghan…
On March 8, 2011, The Guardian listed her among “Top 100 women, activists and campaigners”: Click here for the article
Joanna, WISA, February 15, 2011 We were joined by our Afghan guest Joya who was a passionate speaker and keen to share her experiences of her life as a politician…
On November 28, 2010, Foreign Policy Magazine listed Malalai Joya in its annual list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers.(Click here for the link)
Anna Greer, ABC, November 24, 2010 I met with Malalai, as NATO was discussing her country’s future in Lisbon. In 2003, a 25-year-old woman, all of five feet tall, stood…
Green Left Weekly, November 21, 2010 Joya said the recent rigged parliamentary elections were “a selection not an election”. Afghan feminist and anti-war activist Malalai Joya urged 400 people at…
On November 4, 2010, As part of the Forbes The World’s Most Powerful People package, American playwright, performer and activist Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day, named The World’s Seven Most…
April 29, 2010, TIME magazine named Joya one of the100 most influential people in the world. Although she is angry at how she was portrayed as in favor of the…