Contributors Articles

Claire Stewart 16 Apr 2014 12:30

Skin-tight jeans and triangle ladies: A look inside Iran

Imam mosque, on the southern edge of Naqsh-e-Jahan Square, Esfahan. Photo by the author.
Claire Stewart 11 Apr 2014 14:21

Afghanistan: Little progress, or hope, in Helmand

There's an enormous, weather beaten photo of Hamid Karzai glued to the crumbling brick wall of Afghanistan's Helmand airport terminal. Karzai, whose family hails from the Kandahar province next door, won't be president for long. But it's unlikely anyone will move too quickly to peel the photo down. There are just over 200,000 Afghans living in Lashkar Gah city, where the airport is based.
Claire Stewart 20 Feb 2014 15:01

Kabul, Buzkashi and palachman: Photos from life in Afghanistan

The Panjshir Valley, situated about four hours north of Kabul, is known as the birthplace of legendary mujahedeen leader Ahmed Shah Massoud, and as home to some of the best Buzkashi players in the country. The sport, which is a cross between rugby and polo, is fast paced and rough. Teams of about thirty players each form a semi-circle and wait for the ringleader to drop a headless goat carcass in the middle of the field.
Claire Stewart 13 Feb 2014 13:18

Foreign aid: Is Afghanistan a welfare state?

Somewhere high in the dent of the shale grey mountains is a narrow water course.

Claire Stewart