PARSA in the News

Crosscut News: WA woman launches home schools for Afghan girls kept out of class (2023)

KUOW Radio: 3 months into a school ban for girls and women, a report from Kabul (2023)

Finding Founders: Falling for Afghanistan Before the Fall (2022)

KUOW Radio: She returned to the NW when the Taliban took power. Now she’s back in Afghanistan — by choice (2022)

CS Monitor: They found hope in Afghanistan. Now they strive to preserve it. (2021)

Yahoo (Monitor): The Taliban are back in power. But how will they govern? (2021)

APR: Afghan NGO remains dedicated to nation’s youth amid uncertain future (2021)

The Seattle Times: Northwest aid groups face uncertain future in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover (2021)

Kitsap Sun: Kitsap residents lending a hand to refugees, those in Afghanistan (2021)

The Seattle Times: As U.S. pullout nears, groups with Seattle ties that work with Afghan youth face uncertain future (2021)

Documentary: Afghanistan: Between Light and Darkness by Penelope Price

Scouting Magazine: From knots to explosives awareness, Scouters in NATO guide Afghan Scouts

Zardozi: Healthy Afghan Women Support Groups

NATO: Afghan Scouts Join Military for First Aid, Campfires and Friendship

Associated Press – Afghan Cave Dwellers brace against a shifting landscape

Daily Mail: American at Home in Afghanistan, with some help from Prince – By Lynne O’Donnel

Hollywood Reporter Prince’s Secret Charity: Helping Afghan Orphans – By Scott Johnson

Yahoo News Be Prepared for Mines, Mullahs: Afghan Scouts Reborn – By Usman Sharifi

Seattle Times: Seattle woman fights to help Afghan orphans – By Hal Bernton

New York Times: Orphans’ defender jostles with Afghan corruption – By Rod Nordland

Reuters: Afghanistan’s new chefs: girls scouts bend social norms with food – By Miriam Arghandiwal

NBC Nightly News: PARSA’s House of Flowers Orphanage – With Brian Williams

CNN: Generation Islam: Orphaned in Afghanistan – By Christiane Amanpour

Huffington Post: A list of all Mina Sharifi’s articles on PARSA and Afghanistan – by Mina Sharif

Stars and Stripes: Americans Help Afghan Scouts Learn to Build a Better Future – by Chad Garland

NATO News (video): Starting Young

The Washington Post – American Relief Worker, 72, Is Arrested in Afghanistan (on Mary MacMakin) – Colum Lynch

Radio Free Europe: ‘Not Going Anywhere’: Revered 87-Year-Old Aid Worker Has Given Her All To Afghanistan (on Mary MacMakin) – Frud Bezhan

Kitsap Sun: Returning to Afghanistan with Memories and Hope (2003)

New York Times: After the Veil, A Makeover Rush by David M. Halbfinger (2002)

Stanford Magazine: Banned Aid by Chaney Rankin (2001)