Malalai Joya
Afghan politician · Afghanistan · On the map · Politicians · Born 1978 · age 48
Malalai Joya is an activist, writer, and a politician from Afghanistan. She served as a Parliamentarian in the National Assembly of Afghanistan from 2005 until early 2007, after being dismissed for publicly denouncing the presence of warlords and war criminals in the Afghan Parliament.
Malalai Joya is read about 24 times a day, in 33 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 11 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 115 days, one point a day.
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19 February 2007 - Joya addresses students in a girls' school in Farah, Afghanistan![21 October 2008 - Florence: Regional Councillor Bruna Giovannini, on behalf of the Regional Council of Tuscany gives Malalai Joya a prestigious gold medal[56]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Malalalai_Joya_with_Bruna_Giovannini.jpg/500px-Malalalai_Joya_with_Bruna_Giovannini.jpg)
21 October 2008 - Florence: Regional Councillor Bruna Giovannini, on behalf of the Regional Council of Tuscany gives Malalai Joya a prestigious gold medal[56]
Title of Joya's autobiography "Raising My Voice", which was published in the US/Canada under the title of "A Woman Among Warlords"![23 July 2007 - Florence, Italy: Malalai Joya, was awarded with the Golden Fleur-de-Lis (Giglio d'Oro) award[93]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/MalalaiJoya_giglio.jpg/330px-MalalaiJoya_giglio.jpg)
23 July 2007 - Florence, Italy: Malalai Joya, was awarded with the Golden Fleur-de-Lis (Giglio d'Oro) award[93]Awards
About this person
She was an outspoken critic of the Karzai administration and its western supporters, particularly the United States.
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1978 · age 48
