by Zahra Rasouli Abstract: Historically the division of labor had been influenced by different factors such as class and race. However as more women enter the job market, the gender added to other segregation factors. Women have been associated with reproductive and domestic work, which made them invisible and socially marginal. The transition of women [...]

by Zahra Rasouli Abstract This study discusses the possibility of a feminist account of “Just War Theory” in the contemporary period based on the two principles of “just cause” and “last resort”. Thus, it argues that vagueness of the “just cause” concept is an ethical trap as a justification for war, and therefore, objectionable from [...]

by Said Azam Eqbal Summary This research focuses on bride wealth, its importance, and the way it is administered in Allah Yar village, located in north of Kabul. Residents of Allah Yar village usually establish marriage relations among their own qawm and with people coming from GulDara at large. They also have made similar ties with people coming from [...]

by Niloofar Seraj “I said if you are thinking of being my brother… It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white.” (AZLyrics.com) The Artist of Millennium, the king of pop, Michael Jackson expresses such beautiful sentences in his famous song “Black or White” to show his opposition against racism. The notions of Black and White [...]

by Mojtaba Salem It is self-evident that the prevailing atmosphere in Afghanistan leans toward an open society. Would such a society remain Afghan, in the structural sense? Not only does it not remain Afghan, an open society would redefine the meaning of being “Afghan” in a disproportionately changed context. This redefinition implies a defiance of [...]

global warming by means of immense climate changes, as a unique phenomenon of late 20th and 21st century, has the greatest potential to pose danger to the life of humans. This is another security dilemma for human and his interaction on earth which can be best tackled by Institutional liberalism.

by Jamil Danish Poverty destroys individuals’ lives, tears families apart, devastates communities and ruins nations. Poverty has proved to be the main cause of instability in any society. Afghanistan is an example of poverty, social inequality and disorder, and it is now marked as one of the poorest countries in the world with almost one [...]

A Study In-Progress by Abrahim Rasouli Executive Summary This study discusses the phenomenon of pedophilia in the social context of Afghanistan. This etiological study suggests that (1) individuals with pedophilic tendencies have typically had the experience of being sexually abused in childhood; (2) unavailability of female partner and accessibility of male children are effective in [...]

By Abrahim Rasouli (Note: this article was written before Terry Jones declared that he would not hold the burning Koran ceremony. However, the piont that is diccussed is still applicable.) “Angry faces, with fists violently threatening you, madly crying; it looks like they just want to tear you apart…” described my American professor. Muslims, throughout [...]

by Ali Babur “Give me a child and I’ll shape him into anything.” –B. F. Skinner According to sources, almost half of Afghanistan’s population is below the age of 15. This is a very big youth population, in regards to age demographic, that it makes Afghanistan a very young country. In respects to education, how [...]