Mariam Solaimankhil was born in the United States to Afghan parents who had sought political asylum. She first visited Afghanistan in 2010, and what was meant to be a short trip quickly became a homecoming. Over the next decade, Mariam dedicated herself to public service and eventually entered politics as an MP.
In 2021, just days before Kabul fell to the Taliban, she was warned that they would kill her if she stayed. She says she never comprehended leaving Afghanistan in the way she did- and is now based in California, where she continues her work as part of Afghanistan’s government in exile.
In this episode, Mariam speaks for the first time about the personal experiences that led her into politics and addresses the Taliban’s ongoing erosion of women’s and human rights in Afghanistan.
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Host/Producer: Sara Gill
Audio Edit: Muhammad Ali Khan++
Our third episode focuses on Sudan's brutal civil war. The UN says that more than two and a half years of fighting has resulted in the world's largest humanitarian crisis with 25 million people facing acute starvation and one in three children suffering from malnutrition.
To help us understand what started this war and why a ceasefire has been so hard to achieve, we hear from Dallia Abdelmoniem. She is a former journalist turned baker turned political commentator, who, like millions of others, fled Sudan in April 2023.
(A small note on production, this episode was recorded on September 3, 2025. There are small technical issues with our mics and we apologise for any listening inconveniences caused).
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Host/Producer: Sara Gill
Producer: Iman Anah
Audio Edit: Muhammad Ali Khan
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Our second episode focuses on the Gen Z protest movement in Nepal, a movement that helped topple a government long accused of corruption and nepotism in just two days.
We speak to filmmaker and journalist Sahana Vajracharya, who was on the ground covering the political developments as they unfolded.
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Host/Producer: Sara Gill
Audio sound: Muhammad Ali Khan++
Welcome to part 2 of our first episode on Gaza where we sit down with Dr Mona El Farra a renowned Palestinian Physician and Human Rights Activist.
She is also one of the co-founders of the Al Awda Hospital in Gaza. It was the last operating medical facility in northern Gaza until Israel forced its evacuation this May.
El Farra speaks exclusively to On Her Record about its closure and her life- which she says she has dedicated to resisting an Israeli occupation, blockade and now genocide.
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Producers: Iman Anah and Sara Gill
Audio editor/Producer: Muhammad Ali Khan
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Welcome to the first episode of On Her Record, a brand new series about women and their experiences of war and conflict.
In today's episode we speak to Tarneem Hammad, she is 31 years old, an aid worker and writer from Gaza.
For nearly two years she has survived continued Israeli assaults and says she has been forcibly displaced more times than she can count.
Production Team: Iman Anah and Afshan Jaffery
Studio sound: Hamza Ranja