Nasim Fekrat
Nasim Fekrat is an Afghan blogger and journalist who worked for various media outlets. He is a two-time winner of the freedom of expression awards; in 2005 from France Reporters Sans Frontieres and in 2008 from ISF in Siena, Italy. He is the editor of the Afghan Lord blog as well as directing the Association of Afghan Blog Writers. Fekrat'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.
