Nasim Fekrat

{{Short description|Afghan blogger and journalist}}

File:Nasim Fekrat December 2008.jpg

Nasim Fekrat ({{langx|fa| نسیم فکرت}}) is a Hazara journalist and blogger from Afghanistan who worked for various media outlets.{{cite magazine|last=Lowrey|first=Annie|author-link=Annie Lowrey|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/08/12/meet_afghanistans_biggest_blogger|title=Meet Afghanistan's Biggest Blogger|date=August 12, 2009|magazine=Foreign Policy|access-date=May 25, 2020}} He is a two-time winner of the freedom of expression awards; in 2005 from France Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) and in 2008 from ISF (Information Safety and Freedom) in Siena, Italy.{{Cite web |url=http://isfreedom.eu/premiosiena2008.htm |title=Information Safety and Freedom |access-date=2011-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330151150/http://isfreedom.eu/premiosiena2008.htm |archive-date=2012-03-30 |url-status=dead }} Nasim is the editor of the Afghan Lord blog as well as directing the Association of Afghan Blog Writers (AABW).{{cite magazine|last=Stern|first=Jeffery|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2008/07/meet-afghanistan-s-most-fearless-blogger.html|title=Meet Afghanistan's Most Fearless Blogger|date=July 3, 2008|magazine=Slate|access-date=May 25, 2020}} His work has appeared on BBC Persian,[https://web.archive.org/web/20041023082020/http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/institutional/blog.shtml BBC Persian Online ] CNN,[https://web.archive.org/web/20091206221246/http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/tag/nasim-fekrat/ Afghanistan Crossroads - CNN ] Foreign Policy Magazine,{{cite magazine|last=Fekrat|first=Nasim|url=http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/07/07/afghanistans_not_so_free_press|title=Afghanistan's not-so-free press|date=July 7, 2010|magazine=Foreign Policy|access-date=May 25, 2020}} his own news sites, and publications run by both NATO and the United Nations. As the leader of a small movement of young journalists, Nasim advocates for a free press in Afghanistan.