Chai with Karzai: Former Afghan President’s Tea Diplomacy
Hamid Karzai may have retired, but he is still keeping a close eye on political affairs in Afghanistan and building ties with different groups in the country.
“It Puts Real Faces to the Word ‘Refugees’”: An Interview with Human Rights Lawyer Masuda Sultan on Her Life in Afghanistan and Brooklyn
Three decades after arriving on the shores of the United States as a five-year-old girl escaping conflict in her native Afghanistan, Masuda Sultan reflects on what it means to be an immigrant in today’s global turmoil. Born in Kandahar, a […]
How Local Afghan Folklore Attempts To Explain High Maternal Mortality
It was a dark, stormy night, or maybe a sunny afternoon in Kabul, when our casual conversation over chai and samosas drifted to a darker place. As we sat together with some of our dear Afghan friends, a few days […]
There is only one pig in Afghanistan. His name is Khanzir.
Khanzir likes to lie in the sun. He spends long days sprawled across the grass, sometimes trotting over to greet the people passing by and admiring him. He almost seems to know he is popular, that visitors come from far and wide […]