Tag Archives: ‘Where Is My Name?’: Afghan campaign to include mothers’ names on ID cards stirs heated debate

Afghan woman Laleh Osmany has been campaigning for years for a change to the age-old custom of officially identifying people by the names of their fathers, calling for mothers’ names to be included on identity cards. But her “Where Is My Name?” campaign, which finally brought a change in the law last week, has stirred heated debate in the conservative Muslim …

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