And they did hire her in late 2020, which is how the young self-taught woman became her country’s first female professional tour guide. “Having a female guide gives our guests a whole new ...

There are many, many female tour guides, and even more in training. In the class that I took to become a licensed guide, there were twice as many women as men, and I think that’s pretty common.

Her freshman year of college, 19-year-old Komal Darira wanted a job. Not only would a paycheck afford her freedom and independence—something she craved as reflected by the flying flock tattoo on ...

Giving new meaning to taking fashion to a worldwide stage, the United Nations and the Swedish School of Textiles have joined forces to create new uniforms for tour ... worked as a guide in ...

Recognised as Afghanistan’s first female tour guide, she was used to being challenged about her work – but this was different. It wasn’t the first time that the Taliban had been in control ...