Sarina Faizy LL.M. ’21 has broken barriers, but she has also braved criticism, survived serious injury from an IED and faced threats on herself and her family. She has experienced personal losses, including that of her mother at an early age, and more recently a powerful mentor and protector, Kandahar police chief Abdul Raziq, who was assassinated by the Taliban while she was in the U.S.
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by Kate Hoving, Reves Center for International Studies
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April 22, 2021
Sarina Faizy LL.M. ’21 is by any and all accounts an extraordinary woman.
A leading international spokesperson and advocate for women’s rights and peace in Afghanistan, Faizy was only four years old when the Taliban established its rule in 1994 in her native Kandahar. For most of her life, her world has been one of intermittent war and restrictions imposed by the Taliban, either of which would be enough to stifle anyone’s ambitions, especially those of a young Afghan woman. Instead, those challenges have motivated her to fight against them.