Basira Joya is an Afghan former television news anchor who fled to the United States in 2021 ahead of the Taliban's capture of Kabul in August 2021.
Basira Joya | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1999 Takhar Province, Afghanistan |
| Alma mater | Kabul University |
| Occupation | News anchor |
| Employer(s) | Zan TV, Ariana Television Network |
Early life and education
editBasira Joya was born in 1998 or 1999[1] to a family who lives in Takhar Province, in northeastern Afghanistan.[1] Her father worked as a police officer.[1] Basira studied economics at Kabul University.[2]
Career
editJoya worked as a news anchor at the women-owned Zan TV before working at Ariana Television Network.[3] During the Taliban's 2021 rise to power in Afghanistan, she spoke to The Independent newspaper about the slow evacuation of journalists from Afghanistan by European nations and the United States.[4] The same year, she faced threats and went into hiding before fleeing to the United States, to live in Dayton, Ohio.[1]
In Ohio, Joya took employment in a factory.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "After Afghan TV fame, a new life in Ohio". BBC News. 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ^ "MEEX Afghanistan Women Channel | AP Archive". AP Archive. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ^ Joya, Basira. "VOICES: Today I live in Dayton, but once I was a TV anchor in Afghanistan. Let's not forget the women left behind". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ^ "روزنامهنگاران افغان همچنان در معرض خطر". ایندیپندنت فارسی (The Independent) (in Persian). 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2023-03-05.