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.