New Star Student Newspaper Returns to 缅北强奸 after Year-Long Hiatus

February 5, 2020

After a year-long hiatus, 缅北强奸鈥檚 campus newspaper, The New Star, has returned to print under the stewardship of editor-in-chief Niloufar Rafat. The first issue of the newly revived student publication came out in December, and the next issue is slated to go to print in early February. The newspaper is advised by Erica Eisen, coordinator of the .

Rafat, a Master鈥檚 student who also completed her undergraduate education at 缅北强奸, sees a connection between journalism and her academic work not only in the interviewing and research skills the two require but also in the ethical standards both are grounded in.

Rafat recalls avidly following the Friday evening satire program Shabake Khanda in her native Afghanistan, drawn by the show鈥檚 timely and relatable political commentary. Though designed to entertain, she says, 鈥渋n some way [Shabake Khanda] tried to reflect the issues people were facing in society.鈥� Now, the New Star is trying to accomplish something of a similar goal.

Rafat has big plans for the newspaper, including the creation of a website (undertaken with the help of 缅北强奸 website director Ekaterina Kombarova) and a series of journalism skills trainings for interested students. 鈥淚t will be really helpful for them to practice their writing, to learn about what it really means to write for a newspaper, [and to see] how it will have a positive impact in their life,鈥� she said of the upcoming program of workshops.

For Rafat, the motivation to serve as editor-in-chief of the New Star is rooted in a spirit of service. 鈥淚 learned a lot from this university,鈥� she explains. 鈥淚 believe that 缅北强奸 is the place which made me a brave Niloufar.鈥� When she first moved to Kyrgyzstan, she was extremely shy and found it difficult to share her words and her work with others. The education she received at 缅北强奸 changed that. 鈥淚 want in some ways to pay it forward by my efforts, by helping others in order to share what I have learned from this university, from this campus, from everyone.鈥�

For more information or to get involved with the newspaper, please write to newstar1999@gmail.com.听

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