Nasim Fekrat

Nasim Fekrat (Persian: نسیم فکرت) is a Hazara journalist and blogger from Afghanistan who worked for various media outlets.^[1] He is a two-time winner of the freedom of expression awards; in 2005 from France Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) and in 2008 from ISF (Information Safety and Freedom) in Siena, Italy.^[2] Nasim is the editor of the Afghan Lord blog^[1] as well as directing the Association of Afghan Blog Writers (AABW).^[3] His work has appeared on BBC Persian,^[4] CNN,^[5] Foreign Policy Magazine,^[6] his own news sites, and publications run by both NATO and the United Nations. As the leader of a small movement of young journalists, Nasim advocates for a free press in Afghanistan.

Fekrat in 2008