This Kyrgyz singer is getting death threats after releasing a music video and a song about women's rights
Central Asian [the Buddha and his family were Central Asians/Scythians/Shakyians] singer Zere Asylbek's feminist song asks for respect for women -- but she's now facing threats and criticism over the clothing she wore in the music video for her song. 
Fashion is powerful. It can be used as a political tool. It can be a statement about identity. It can also be healing. In Afghanistan, it is all of that and more. 
The Taliban forbids women to leave the house unless they are accompanied by a male relative. Feroza Mushtari, who was a teenager at the time of the Taliban takeover, defied that rule to save a pregnant woman's life.
In 2016, students at the American University in Kabul watched as gunmen opened fire on their school. More than a dozen people were killed and many more injured. But the attack didn't stop students from pursuing their dreams.
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