WIth his hands in the air and an infectious grin spreading from ear to ear, a young Afghan boy whirls around a Kabul hospital room on his new prosthetic leg in a video that has captured hearts after being posted on social media.
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The boy, five-year-old Ahmad Sayed Rahman, has captured hearts in Afghanistan after a short video of him effortlessly dancing on his new limb was posted this week on Twitter.
Mar 2, 2018 - Fourteen-year-old Ali was raised as a boy in a practice known in Afghanistan as bacha posh. Ali's sisters stand behind her in the room they ...
Sep 8, 2010 - In Afghanistan women are not allowed to dance in public, but boys can be ... There is no sign of the bride or groom, or any women, only men.
Apr 4, 2012 - The practice of men taking underage boys as sexual partners is on the rise in post-Taliban Afghanistan.
Jul 1, 2017 - Victims who escaped their abusers tell their stories of life after being a ... the former child sex slave finds freedom of sorts as a dancing boy.
Jun 23, 2015 - Dancing Boys and Underground Girls: Afghanistan's Crossdressing ... has different intentions, but similar, disorienting results for the victims.
Oct 8, 2012 - Afghan 'dancing boys' are invisible victims. Ernesto Londoño writes for the Washington Post: DEHRAZI, Afghanistan — The 9-year-old boy with ...
This sobering image, showing a 40-year-old groom sitting beside his 11-year-old future bride in Afghanistan, brought Stephanie Sinclair top honors in the annual Photo of the Year 2007 contest sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
