Jawedan.com
| Country | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 by Jawedan Foundation |
Key people | Abdullah Kerami Mirwais Bakhshi Waheed Ahmadi |
Official website | jawedan.com |
Jawedan.com (Persian: جاودان، نوای آزادی) (Pashto: جاودان، آزادی غږ) is a web-based news, analysis and commentary outlet which covers politics and culture in Afghanistan. Jawedan aims mainly at promoting and defending democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and promotion of cultural and political pluralism in Afghanistan. Furthermore, the outlet provides alternative to conservative online papers by breaking taboos on publishing (non-editorial) op-eds and commentaries concerning ethnic issues and other social injustices.[1] Jawedan is the Persian word for ‘immortal’.[2]
Content
[edit]Jawedan is updated daily with news and op-eds on current affairs in politics and culture.[3] It also is active on social media, mainly by sharing interesting and discussable video footages from popular news channels like Tolonews and 1TV.[4] During elections, Jawedan conducts online surveys and interviews with political figures in the country.[5]
Jawedan claims to be an independent and impartial news and analysis outlet.[6] However, some writers consider it as a Tajik centered online paper.[7][8][9]
History
[edit]The online paper was founded in 2007 in the Netherlands. It publishes news, analysis and commentary in Persian and Pashtu.[10]
Jawedan was hacked in April 2011.[11] In April 2012, Jawedan was reaching an average of 3.5 million hits per month.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ode aan Kawa Kerami, Amsterdam". Ode Magazine, April 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Verhaal uit Afghanistan". Waterstof - Bubbels voor progressief Nederland # 67, september 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "About us". Jawedan.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Jawedan on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Afghan Presidential Election: Potential Candidates and Powerbrokers" (PDF). Open Source Center. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "About us". Jawedan.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Dalton, Joshua (2014). "A war of perception: the struggle for legitimacy, influence and power through media in post-2001 Afghanistan". Central Asian Survey. 33 (3): 329–345. doi:10.1080/02634937.2014.902181.
- ^ Sahar, Arif; Sahar, Aqila (2016). "Press and ethnic polarization in post-2001 Afghanistan: the 2014 presidential election experience". Central Asian Survey. 35: 105–120. doi:10.1080/02634937.2015.1063234.
- ^ "Filling the Power Ministries: Biographies of the four candidates". Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Afghan Online Newspapers". Online Newspapers. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Jawedan website hacked (No: 558)" (PDF). Mandegar daily. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ "Ode aan Kawa Kerami, Amsterdam". Ode Magazine, April 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2015.