This takes more than courage.

From WIMN’s Voices: A Group Blog on Women Media and News written by, Sonali Kolhatkar:

Twenty eight year old intrepid Afghan MP, Malalai Joya, has just been suspended from Parliament for comparing warlords in power to donkeys. Joya is the youngest and most outspoken member of Parliament and has survived 4 assassination attempts for denouncing warlords, many of whom were funded at various times by the US government in the fight against the Soviets (1980s) and the Taliban (post-9-11).

This story is amazing. Read more here.