Diaa Hadid
Stories
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Asia
Pakistanis save their town from floodwaters by building an embankment
As unprecedented rains lashed Pakistan, residents built their own embankments to save a large town, took over public schools for shelter and set up a boat highway for transport.
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Asia
Bikes are everywhere in Kabul since the Taliban takeover. But who's not cycling? Women
As the economy unravels, "everyone is getting a bike," says one young resident. It's the cheapest way to get around. But the Taliban's conservative culture means women cyclists are not welcome.
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Arts & Life
Teenage Afghan girls are defying the Taliban with a secret book club
In a secret book club, teenage Afghan girls find solace in "The Diary of A Young Girl," by Anne Frank, as the Taliban bans them attending school and curbs their rights
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World
A flooded Pakistani town faces an uncertain future
Displaced residents of a flooded Pakistani town have flocked to colleges, hotels and institutes to live while they wait for government aid to help them rebuild after the heaviest rains in decades.
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Asia
Pakistan pins deadly floods on climate change
Pakistan declared a national emergency as it experiences its heaviest rains since the early 1960s. The climate change minister says relentless cycles of monsoon have affected some 30 million people.
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World
Pakistani friends hope viral videos can reunite those split during India's partition
A Pakistani Muslim and a Sikh make viral videos to help reunite families separated during the partition 75 years ago of British-ruled India into independent India and Pakistan.
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World
Climate change and overuse is threatening Pakistan's main waterway
In a rare journey down the length of the Indus River, a filmmaker and environmental activists survey damage done to Pakistan's main water artery and meet the people who live on its ancient banks.
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Interfaith activists' trip to Jerusalem causes stir in home country of Pakistan
A delegation of Pakistanis and Pakistani-Americans visited Jerusalem, as Israel tries to open more diplomatic relations with Muslim-majority countries.
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World
Taliban declares women and girls must cover up from head to toe in public
The Taliban in Afghanistan have instructed that women cover up in public from head to toe, including their faces. NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid has been talking to women affected by the change.
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World
1 of the multiple blasts in Afghanistan hit worshippers in a mosque
Bomb attacks in Afghanistan have shattered a relative lull in violence that had held since the Taliban seized power eight months ago.