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Radio Free Afghanistan: Negotiating Barriers
Saad Mohseni, Lyse Doucet and Christina Lamb in conversation with Rashmee Roshan Lall
Radio Free Afghanistan charts Saad Mohseni’s efforts in building a truly independent media company amid conflict and the constant threat of censorship. Mohseni, CEO and chairman of the MOBY Group, helped reshape the country’s media landscape, offering reliable news and music to millions. Renowned foreign correspondents Lyse Doucet and Christina Lamb have assisted the global understanding of Afghanistan’s layered realities through extensive firsthand reporting. Lamb highlights real stories from Afghanistan in The Sewing Circles of Herat and Farewell Kabul. Doucet traces a people’s history of modern Afghanistan In The Finest Hotel in Kabul. Rashmee Roshan Lall is the author of Pomegranate Peace, a novel based on her year spent in Afghanistan. Together, they explore a nation’s fight for its own voice.
Saad Mohseni, co-founder and Chairman of MOBY Group, has pioneered high-quality news and media content across emerging markets for over two decades. Recognized by the Asia Society as an “Asia Game Changer,” he launched his first network in Afghanistan in 2002, transforming MOBY Group into a leading media company across South and Central Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2012, 21st Century Fox acquired a strategic stake, later regained by the Mohseni family after Disney’s acquisition of Fox. Mohseni has been named among Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” and BBC’s “10 Men Globally Championing Gender Equality” for advancing civil society and women’s rights in Afghanistan.
Lyse Doucet is a Canadian journalist and the Chief International Correspondent for the BBC. Over the past four decades, she has reported on major global news stories and has served as a correspondent based in Jerusalem, Amman, Islamabad, Kabul, and Abidjan. Her first book is The Finest Hotel in Kabul.
Christina Lamb OBE is Chief Foreign Correspondent at The Sunday Times and is renowned for her groundbreaking journalism and bestselling books. With a focus on women in conflict, she has reported from global hotspots and won 20 major awards, including Foreign Correspondent of the Year seven times. She is a Global Envoy for UN Education Cannot Wait and is the author of ten books, including the global bestseller I Am Malala, co-written with Malala Yousafzai.
Rashmee Roshan Lall is an author, journalist, and university lecturer. She holds a PhD and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Her novel, Pomegranate Peace, was published by Hachette. She writes for The Times of India and The New World. Her newsletter, This Week, Those Books, connects the week’s major international news stories with relevant books.
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Radio Free Afghanistan: Negotiating Barriers
Saad Mohseni, Lyse Doucet and Christina Lamb in conversation with Rashmee Roshan Lall
Radio Free Afghanistan charts Saad Mohseni’s efforts in building a truly independent media company amid conflict and the constant threat of censorship. Mohseni, CEO and chairman of the MOBY Group, helped reshape the country’s media landscape, offering reliable news and music to millions. Renowned foreign correspondents Lyse Doucet and Christina Lamb have assisted the global understanding of Afghanistan’s layered realities through extensive firsthand reporting. Lamb highlights real stories from Afghanistan in The Sewing Circles of Herat and Farewell Kabul. Doucet traces a people’s history of modern Afghanistan In The Finest Hotel in Kabul. Rashmee Roshan Lall is the author of Pomegranate Peace, a novel based on her year spent in Afghanistan. Together, they explore a nation’s fight for its own voice.
Saad Mohseni, co-founder and Chairman of MOBY Group, has pioneered high-quality news and media content across emerging markets for over two decades. Recognized by the Asia Society as an “Asia Game Changer,” he launched his first network in Afghanistan in 2002, transforming MOBY Group into a leading media company across South and Central Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2012, 21st Century Fox acquired a strategic stake, later regained by the Mohseni family after Disney’s acquisition of Fox. Mohseni has been named among Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” and BBC’s “10 Men Globally Championing Gender Equality” for advancing civil society and women’s rights in Afghanistan.
Lyse Doucet is a Canadian journalist and the Chief International Correspondent for the BBC. Over the past four decades, she has reported on major global news stories and has served as a correspondent based in Jerusalem, Amman, Islamabad, Kabul, and Abidjan. Her first book is The Finest Hotel in Kabul.
Christina Lamb OBE is Chief Foreign Correspondent at The Sunday Times and is renowned for her groundbreaking journalism and bestselling books. With a focus on women in conflict, she has reported from global hotspots and won 20 major awards, including Foreign Correspondent of the Year seven times. She is a Global Envoy for UN Education Cannot Wait and is the author of ten books, including the global bestseller I Am Malala, co-written with Malala Yousafzai.
Rashmee Roshan Lall is an author, journalist, and university lecturer. She holds a PhD and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Her novel, Pomegranate Peace, was published by Hachette. She writes for The Times of India and The New World. Her newsletter, This Week, Those Books, connects the week’s major international news stories with relevant books.
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