She has Bachelor of Arts from Stockholm University in Law and Journalism and an Master of Arts from Columbia University in Journalism in 2003. She is a foreign correspondent for Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. She is also a writer and producer of documentary films on topics such as nuclear proliferation in Pakistan, refugees in Iraq, and how the global financial crisis has affected Europe.
Winner of the 2015 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) Salon 2014 Authors" Favorite Book (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) Buzzfeed"s Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) A Business Insider Best Book of 2014 (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) A Columbus Dispatch Best Book of 2014 (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) A PopMatters Best Book of 2014 (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) An FP Interrupted Best Book of 2014 (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) An IPI Global Observatory Recommended Book for 2015 (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) A TruthDig Book of the Year, 2014 (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award, Nonfiction (for The Underground Girls of Kabul) Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, 2010, for television documentary of Afghan women Investigative Reporters and Editors award Foreningen Gravande Journalister award.
