Shima Babaei is an Iranian women’s rights activist living in exile in Belgium. Latitudes met her during the inauguration of the first Iranian Afghanistan Secular Centre in Belgium, in Brussels.

The longest night of the year is called Yalda or Chellah and is known as « the night of the sun’s birth (Mehr) » in Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.

In Paris, the « Dissident Club » hosts various forms of political activism, debates, roundtable discussions, documentary screenings, and political art exhibitions.

From Brussels to Paris, going to meet Pakistani exiled journalist Taha Siddiqui who is the author of an autobiography comic-book-style named « Dissident Club ».

Since September 2023, more than 400.000 refugees have been deported or returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan.

Ahmad Massoud leads the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan. He is the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the late revolutionary commander known as « The Lion of Panjshir ». Exclusive meeting in Brussels.

Taliban have a long history of war crimes.

During their pregnancies, three ladies in Kabul experience difficult times.

The city of Paris recently hosted a photography exhibition at UNESCO Headquarters that shed light on the perils, threats, and risks faced by female journalists worldwide in their profession.

Nowruz is the celebration of the new year that begins on 21 March and of the first day of spring. The holiday has a long history, because before the birth of Afghanistan and Iran, it was already celebrated.

Après avoir fui la guerre ou les troubles dans leur pays d’origine, les réfugiés rencontrent aujourd’hui des difficultés dans l’Union européenne. À Bruxelles, à la mi-février, une évacuation massive d’un […]

Dans le cadre du festival « Les mots à défendre » organisé par le Théâtre National, dont Latitudes est partenaire, une jeune artiste d’origine burundaise propose « Un retour ». Une exposition/installation bouleversante.