Time Woman of the Year Zahra Joya — The Vanishing Girl of Kabul

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Sep 14, 202649:36Society & Culture

Zahra Joya grew up under the first Taliban regime, when girls were banned from school. For years she dressed as a boy to access the basic rights denied to her. She became a journalist in Kabul, and founded a news organis...

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