Nasim Fekrat

Nasim Fekrat (Persian: نسیم فکرت‎‎) is a well-known Afghan blogger who has worked as a freelance journalist and a photographer for various media outlets. He is a two-time winner of the freedom of expression awards; in 2005 from France Reporters Sans Frontieres (RWB) and in 2008 from ISF (Information Safety and Freedom) in Siena, Italy. He is the editor of the Afghan Lord blog. He is also the director of the Association of Afghan Blog Writers(AABW). Nasim’s work has appeared on BBC Persian, CNN, Foreign Policy Magazine, his own news sites, and publications run by both NATO and the United Nations. As the leader of a small movement of young journalists, he advocates for a free press in Afghanistan.