Najwa Alimi is an Afghan journalist and human rights activist. She won the 2019

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for her efforts supporting human rights and freedom of speech, In 2022, she was awarded the Anna Lindh prize . Alimi was born in Fayzabad, Badakhshan. She moved to Kabul to study chemistry and journalism. Alimi works for

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and runs a book café with friends.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Afghan journalists 21st-century Afghan women writers Afghan women activists Afghan human rights activists Per Anger Prize People from Badakhshan Province {{Afghanistan-activist-stub