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Yasmeen Ghauri

Yasmeen Ghauri has since paved the way for women of color in the modelling industry.

At the age of 16, Sonita Alizadeh found out she was to be sold into marriage. Propelled to do something by this experience and the experiences of other women around her, the young Afghani woman turned to rap music. Alizadeh now uses her music and her convictions to end child marriage and to fight for the rights of women and girls all over the world.

Abedo

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, Abedo was among the many who fought back.

Hazrat Babajan

Pashtun Muslim saint, considered by her followers to be a Sadguru (”true guru”) or Qutub (in Sufism, the perfect human being, a spiritual leader who has a divine connection with God and passes knowledge on).

Soraya Tarzi

Queen Soraya Tarzi of Afghanistan pushed to modernise the country from the 1920s onward, promoting freedoms and rights for women.

Mah Chuchak Begum

Mah Chuchak Begum was a wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun who took over Kabul and rode into battle with her troops.