Habiba Sarabi

Habiba Sarabi (Persian:حبیبه سرابی) (born 1956, in Ghazni Province) is a Hazara hematologist, politician, and reformer of the post-Taliban reconstruction of Afghanistan. In 2005, she was appointed as governor of Bamyan Province by President Hamid Karzai, becoming the first woman to ever be a governor of any province in the country. She previously served in Karzai's government as Minister of Women's Affairs as well as Minister of Culture and Education.

Portraits

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  Habiba Sarabi in April 2011
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  Habiba Sarabi as Afghan minister of Women's Affairs
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  Habiba Sarabi speaking in April 2011
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  Habiba Sarabi in August 2009