The Most Famous
JOURNALISTS from Afghanistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Afghan Journalists. The pantheon dataset contains 196 Journalists, NaN of which were born in Afghanistan. This makes Afghanistan the birth place of the 0th most number of Journalists.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Afghan Journalists of all time. This list of famous Afghan Journalists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Farzana Wahidy (b. 0)
With an HPI of 35.72, Farzana Wahidy is the most famous Afghan Journalist. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Farzana Wahidy (born 1984) is an Afghan documentary photographer and photojournalist. She has made photographs of women and girls in Afghanistan. She was the first female photographer in Afghanistan to work with international media agencies such as the Associated Press (AP) and Agence France-Presse (AFP). Wahidy studied at the AINA Photojournalism Institute set up in Kabul by Reza Deghati to train Afghan women and men to pursue careers in photojournalism. Beginning in 2002, she was one of 15 students selected from more than 500 applicants. She studied under the Iranian-French photojournalist Manoocher Deghati. Wahidy chose a career in photojournalism because she wanted to capture the stories that she witnessed throughout her life. Wahidy uses her photography to express her own emotions as an Afghan woman and amplify the voices of others like her in the male-dominated country of Afghanistan. With her photography, she wants to portray the ordinary lives of Afghan women, not just the issues that they face.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Afghan journalists born between Infinity and 0. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Afghan journalists include Farzana Wahidy. As of April 2024, 1 new Afghan journalists have been added to Pantheon including Farzana Wahidy.
