Young Afghan women, men practice whiling Sufi dance together

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s founder says she sees their whirling dance, called Sema, as a way of carving out a space the country’s deeply conservative society, particularly when it comes to expectations about gender discrimination and dancing in mixed groups. The 24-year-old economist says: “I just wanted to express my