Shirazuddin Siddiqi
Country Director, Afghanistan, Shirazuddin is a former lecturer at Kabul University and fled to Pakistan in 1994, where he joined ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Afghan Education Projects and was responsible for many projects including the long-running radio soap opera in Dari and Pashto, New ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ, New Life. As Afghanistanβs Country Director, he launched TV debate show Open Jirga in Autumn 2012.
Blog posts in total 5
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βI will be there even if my bodyguards refuse to accompany me.β
Not even a series of bomb blasts stopped people attending a national TV debate on the topic of womenβs equality in Afghanistan.
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Open Jirga: national identity in Afghanistan
When a TV debate show was filmed at the tomb of one of Afghanistanβs founding fathers it was clear how much a sense of βplaceβ is interlinked with βidentityβ. Shirazuddin Siddiqi reflects on an especially memorable Open Jirga.
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βIf you canβt be a father, I beg you Mr President, be a stepfather!β
Three years after its launch, Shirazuddin Siddiqi reflects on how Afghanistanβs TV debate show Open Jirga continues to provide a voice to Afghans amid insecurity and increased uncertainty.
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Afghan elections: a battle between fear and hope
TV and radio show Open Jirga enabled Afghans to express their views and demand answers from presidential candidates ahead of the countryβs momentous elections.Β
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Open Jirga: Afghans question President Karzai
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Media Actionβs Country Director in Afghanistan describes the build up to President Hamid Karzaiβs appearance on debate show Open Jirga.