Attendance at AUAF by females has jumped an amazing eight percent from last semester, climbing from 20 to 28 percent. Contributing to this rise was the announcement of $2.4 million from the U.S. Embassy to provide full scholarships for 45 females to study at AUAF. The students, already enrolled and studying, are thriving on campus. […]
[Read More]Work Continues on AUAF’s $5 Million Women’s Center
Over the summer and continuing into the fall, engineers and construction workers have been working hard on what will become AUAF’s newest and most advanced building: the International Center for Afghan Women’s Economic Development (ICAWED). ICAWED, which is on schedule to be completed in the Spring 2013 semester, not only demonstrates AUAF’s commitments to women’s […]
[Read More]The first edition of The Torch – AUAF’s new student newspaper
The Torch is an independent, student run newspaper that strives to align itself with the values that AUAF was founded upon. Therefore, it “respects the principles of equality and fairness without regard to gender, ethnicity, religion, or kinship.” Honesty and ethics are top priorities for The Torch. New issues of The Torch are published on a monthly […]
[Read More]AUAF Student Profile: Zakia Nouri ’12
In 2005, Zakia Nouri’s life changed forever. An Afghan refugee living in Iran for more than 20 years, one of Zakia’s only dreams had been to attend a university and continue studying. She had thrived in high school and dreamt idly of entering politics. But that year, the Iranian government passed a law banning any […]
[Read More]Two Afghan Attorneys Defy Social Barriers and Fight for Women’s Rights
Meet Najia Munira Akhundzada and Shamsi Maqsoudi. They are Afghan attorneys who specialize in arguing women’s rights cases in the tough male dominated courtrooms of Afghanistan. At first glance, they seem demure. They speak in soft and respectful voices. They wear neutral colors like black, white and gray. But their polished presence and polite smiles […]
[Read More]AUAF Student Profile: Elias Najafizada ’13
As the manager of the AUAF chess club, Elias Najafizada is used to planning his moves a few steps in advance. But his decision to join AUAF four years ago is paying off in ways he never expected. A graduating senior, Elias hails from Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan. Like many AUAF students, however, he […]
[Read More]Stanford Law School and AUAF To Build Law Degree Program with $7.2M Grant from the U.S. State Department
Funding will support the development of an integrated five-year double bachelors degree program at American University of Afghanistan to train Afghan lawyers. Stanford Law School today announced that its innovative program— the Afghanistan Legal Education Project (ALEP)—has been awarded a $7.2 million dollar U.S. State Department grant, through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law […]
[Read More]A Discussion on Afghanistan with Ambassador Ryan Crocker
Ambassador Ryan Crocker recently returned from Afghanistan where he served one year as the U.S. ambassador and previously led the early post-Taliban mission. Crocker also served as U.S. ambassador to Iraq during the troop surge period of 2007 and 2008, where he and General David Petraeus led the combined U.S. efforts in one of the […]
[Read More]Progress Report on the International Center for Afghan Women’s Economic Development
The foundation has been laid and construction is fully underway for the International Center for Afghan Women’s Economic Development – one of the first additions to the new 80-acre International Campus. A progress report released on September 5th, 2012 shows the walls are up! The site overlooks the ruins of Darulaman Palace and the scenic […]
[Read More]AUAF Student Work Book
AUAF is going to launch a publication featuring work by students! Write poetry? Take photographs? Review books or movies, or have a well argued opinion you’d like to share? Have you traveled across the city, country or the world? Submit your best work on any topic to studentwork@auaf.edu.af and they will consider it for publication! […]
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