Ahmadi, Farida
Farida Ahmadi, originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, is a social anthropologist by profession. Her journey has been marked by the complex tapestry of peace and conflict in Afghanistan. During the Soviet occupation, Farida was in jail twice. On 16 December 1982, she participated in the Tribunal Permanent des peuples in Paris. She was a witness to women in jail. Later on, she travelled extensively as a resistance ambassador with the resistance movement across the globe. In 1983, she travelled across Europe and parts of the United States and met several presidents, for example White House and met President Reagan. She will never forget her meeting with Italy's president, Sandro Pertini. He admired that she was the only woman in the Afghan delegation.
Later, Farida faced another period of jail in Pakistan in 1989. Since 1991, she has been a refugee in Norway, where she continues writing and being an international speaker.
In 2006, she graduated from the University of Oslo as a social anthropologist. Her master degree was selected by Centre for Gender Research as one of 15 students nominated for excellence in women's and gender research. In 2007, she was awarded. Farida was granted a dissemination award from Women's University in Norway to write her Ph.D about Immigrant women's reality in Norwegian society. As a result of this award, she wrote the book Silent Screams about women's need for recognition. The book was initially published in Norwegian at Pax Publisher in 2008. The illustrator of the cover was inspired by Khaled Hosseini's book "A Thousand Splendid Suns", and on the cover, they painted Farida in a pink dress, painting a thousand stars. The best review was written by Karin Sveen. The cover of the second edition, published in 2013, was a picture of Farida when she was demonstrating in Pakistan, after which she was jailed.
In 2013, she wrote the Book Grenseløse grønnsaker og urter along with other women, visited Queen Sonja and the Norwegian Palace, and gifted her the book.
Farida's book in English, "Silent Screams" was published in 2015 at "Shah M Book CO" (ISBN: 9789936803503) in Kabul. The book "Silent Screams" was covered by BBC Farsi. Farida Ahmadi translated her book into Persian, and it was also published by Ameeri Publishing in 2019 in Afghanistan. The book was launched in October 2019 during the book fair in Frankfurt, where Norway was the guest country.
In 2016 presented her research in International Metropolis Conference in Nagoya. Two years later, in 2018, Farida's book was turned into a physical theatre in collaboration with Norwegian artists and Japanese artists, where they performed both in Nagoya and Oslo, Norway. Farida's new research was ultimately published in Japanese in 2020. She dedicated her book to Dr Nakamura, who was killed in Afghanistan. Later this year, in March, another production will be set up in Japan under the name «Piece of Peace” in Afghanistan. In 2021, Farida was selected as one of the Rumi 50 Most Influential Afghan Women.
Farida's new research in Norwegian was published under the title "Fourteen years with Silent Screams", Solum Bokvennen 2022. Also, in 2023, the Book launch in Norway with Professor Rune Flikke, the head of the social anthropology department in Oslo University. In February 2024, the book was released with the name “From War to Peace Our Global Responsibility, fourteen years with silent scream” which was launched at the book fair in B At display Leaflet new book cover. My book was chosen as an important research, and I am grateful and lucky that my book was relaunched in the London Book Fair Catalogue in 2025. In August 2026, the book will be published in Cyrillic in Tajikistan, Russian, French, Arabic, Vietnamese, and Chinese. She focuses on the collective pain and suffering of the Afghan people and immigrants, as well as people worldwide. Her focus is on how to create peace, and there is an essential reformation of the UN because this mechanism is old and needs a radical change. Her book in Russian will be launched in 2026, which focuses on how peace can be created in the world, especially in Afghanistan. The book will also be launched in Tajik.
To buy the books, contact me by email at sistersfarida@gmail.com. The price is 24$, plus shipping. The account number is: 1208 17 10579. IBAN: NO 7612081710579.
At the moment, Farida is doing research about the Afghanistan war and also works as an international lecturer. Her main focus is on how we can turn the glocalization of pain, suffering, and war into the glocalization of peace, happiness, and justice. You can see her different platforms: FaridaAhmadi, GlobalHappiness, Farida's Sisters, Twitter, Website, Tiktok, and YouTube Channel.
