Fariba Nawa
Fariba Nawa is an Istanbul-based journalist, speaker and author of "Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Woman's Journey through Afghanistan."
Fariba Nawa is a journalist, speaker and author. She reports on various issues, including immigrant communities, human rights and the global drug trade. Her work has been published in numerous publications, including Women in the World/New York Times, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Daily Beast, Sunday Times Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle and Mother Jones. She's the author of Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Woman's Journey through Afghanistan, a mix of memoir and reportage focused on women's roles in the world's biggest narcotics business.
An American journalist was murdered in Turkey. Why didn’t the US investigate?
Turkish authorities say Halla Barakat and Orouba Barakat were killed in a family dispute. Others suspect a targeted assassination.
Abortion increasingly hard to access in Turkey
As ‘fed up’ women in Turkey leave marriages, domestic violence and divorce rates rise
1 million Afghan children face an uncertain future in Iran
Pro-opposition Syrians in Turkey grapple with losing the war
Tit-for-tat visa bans leave Turks and Americans heartbroken
Relations between the US and Turkey are deteriorating. Now, the countries have enacted new visa restrictions against one another's citizens. Those affected most include students, business travelers, tourists and other nonimmigrant travelers.
Award-winning Turkish writer free to travel again
Multiple award-winning Turkish author Asli Erdogan is no longer trapped in her native Turkey.
DNA might help him identify his family. But he can't find a way to give a sample.
It's been nearly two years since Mujtaba Haidar's family disappeared on a boat bound for Lesbos. He's still searching for them.
Young Turkish activists prove it will be hard for Erdogan to shut down free expression
Turks will vote on a referendum Sunday that would expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and could keep him in office until 2029. Opponents say it's a power grab by an increasingly authoritarian ruler — and they’re finding creative ways to stand up to a president who’s been widely accused of cracking down on free expression.
Is Turkey's referendum a vote for more efficient government, or a power grab?
Polls suggest the April 16 race is close and many are still undecided.
These women, many Muslim, are leading the resistance against Trump's executive order
On Saturday and Sunday, thousands gathered at Dulles Airport in Virginia and in New York, Dallas, Chicago and elsewhere to protest the executive order. Muslim American women at Dulles — and their daughters — were at the forefront of a peaceful resistance movement.
Turkey's fraught history with headscarves
It used to be that women who wore headscarves in Turkey faced harassment and discrimination. Lately, it's the secular women bearing the brunt of it.
For one Afghan teenage girl, the refugee trail is as dangerous as the war left behind
A 16-year-old girl fled Afghanistan for safety in Turkey — but when she got there she was abused.
Syrian influx in Turkey prompts upsurge in polygamy
Polygamy was outlawed in Turkey 90 years ago, but the practice has been gaining in some areas, fueled by the influx of Syrian refugees. Activists say the government is not doing anything about it.
Iran is recruiting thousands of Afghan refugees to join the Syrian regime's war
In exchange, the Iranian government promises cash and legal status to undocumented Afghans. Rights groups says the refugees are forced into signing up.