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Afghanistan’s refugee artists bring the colours of Kabul to Albania

04/01/202208/07/2022

Every night, after putting his 2-year-old son to bed, Muhajir sits down in the corner of his family’s small room in a refugee centre in Albania and starts writing in a notebook. For months he has been documenting his family’s […]

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Taliban’s TV ban for women: ‘It’s as if we don’t exist in Afghanistan’

24/11/202115/06/2022

Afghan television personalities say the Taliban’s new rules controlling women on screen will exclude half of the population from popular culture. The Taliban’s reinstated Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice issued eight guidelines on Sunday, including a […]

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‘We planted a seed’: the Afghan artists who painted for freedom 

23/10/202115/06/2022

Negina Azimi felt shock and fear like never before when she heard that Taliban fighters had entered Kabul on 15 August. As an outspoken female artist in Afghanistan, she knew they would come for her. “We heard reports that the Taliban […]

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The Afghan artefacts that survived Taliban destruction – BBC

02/02/202015/04/2020

Located in the far south-western corner of Kabul, nestled between the distant snow-capped peaks of the Hindu Kush mountains and the broad Kabul River, the National Museum of Afghanistan stands as one of the world’s greatest testimonies of antiquity. With a collection […]

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In Afghanistan, Tattoos Are Markers of Autonomy – Zora

26/09/201915/04/2020

It is a warm August weekend day in the Afghan capital of Kabul, but that doesn’t slow down Soraya Shahidi, a 26-year-old Afghan nail and tattoo artist. Dressed smartly in her ripped blue jeans and long yellow coat, her hair […]

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In Reproduced Miniatures, Afghans Regain a Lost Cultural Heritage

04/07/201831/10/2018

A collection of exquisitely enlarged reproductions of rare miniature Afghan paintings brings the images back to their now troubled place of origin.

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If Afghanistan Ran The Oscars, ‘The Breadwinner’ Would Triumph

03/03/201831/10/2018

Sunday night, the Oscars will pick the best animated feature. Pixar’s Coco is the favorite. But if the choice were up to Afghans, they’d go for The Breadwinner.

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The founder of Kabul’s first yoga centre on the challenges and blessings

19/02/201831/10/2018

We speak to Fakhria Momtaz, the founder of Kabul’s first yoga centre, about the challenges and criticism she has faced, as well as the support she has received

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A Group Of Painters Wants To Turn Strife-Torn Kabul To The World’s Graffiti Capital

03/10/201511/09/2017

Aqela is hunting for a job again. Women like Aqela in Kabul usually earn a living by working as daily wage labourers, cleaning homes and offices, doing laundry for people, washing dishes. Clad in her blue chaderi (burqa) she scours […]

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