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Meet The Afghan Skate Girls Breaking Barriers

November 14, 2017

These photos of girls skating in Kabul will change your perception of Afghanistan. AJ+'s Ahmed Shihab-Eldin took a tour with photographer Jessica Fulford-Dobson around her interactive exhibit hosted by Qatar Museums, and got to meet some of the Skate Girls of Kabul.

In Afghanistan, Education and Empowerment, News and Social Action Tags skate, skateboarding, breaking barriers, feminism, kabul, social change, Women and Girls, Afghanistan
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