Zohra Daoud

Zohra Daoud

Zohra Yousuf Daoud (Persian: زهرة يوسف داود ) (b. 1954, Mazar-i-Sharif [] and has spoken at various Human Rights conventions and conferences, including the "Afghan Women's Summit", that was held in Brussels in December 2001. [cite web|url=http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1214-05.htm |title= "Where Are the Women?" : Debating Afghanistan's Future |publisher=CommonDreams.org |date=2 April, 2002 |Author= Not Known]

In June 2005, she was also speaker at the "Afghan Arts & Film Festival" organized by "Afghan Communicator" at California State University, Northridge where she emphasized the importance of Afghan art and culture.cite news |url=http://www.aayc.org/ |title=Afghan Art & Film Festival – June 25 and June 26, 2005 |publisher=Afghan American Youth Council Website |date=June 25 and June 26, 2005 |Author= Not Known]

However despite her efforts, some people have been critical of her for not going back to Afghanistan and practically helping out in rebuilding her strife torn homeland.cite news |url=http://www.vdare.com/guzzardi/miss_afghanifornia.htm |title=Here She Comes—Miss Afghanifornia!|publisher=VDARE.Com |date=November 28, 2003 |Author= Joe Guzzardi]

ee also

* Vida Samadzai, "Miss Afghanistan 2003"
*Afghanistan
*Culture of Afghanistan
*History of Afghanistan
*Political refugees
*List of famous refugees

References

External links

* [http://afghanland.com/entertainment/missafg.html The Afghan Land.com website]
* [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0111/26/sun.13.html CNN.com Afghans in America: Isolation and Worry]
* [http://www.womenforafghanwomen.org/press/ND12-06-01.html 'A TALK WITH': Zohra Yusuf Daoud]
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1403960178/ "Women for Aghan Women" by Sunita Mehta]


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