Afghanistan News News Afghanistan » Culture: The Taliban may not like Peaky Blinders, but its Afghan fans are part of a long history of cultural engagement with the world
The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a “rehabilitation programme”. Their offence: “imitating actors” and “promoting foreign ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Afghanistan Needs To Repair Its Economic, Social And Cultural Fabrics – OpEd
Afghanistan has a glorious history and a rich culture whose origin goes beyond the recorded history. The epic Mahabharata mentioned that Afghanistan was part of Gandhara which was ruled by a Hindu ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Afghan-American Integration Day celebrates Afghan culture, connections to the US
At Omaha’s Afghan-American Integration Day celebration on Saturday, attendees waved the Afghan flag – the tri-color version in use prior to the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of the country – and hung it ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Young Afghan musicians are rebuilding their art together, in Portugal
Three years ago, nearly 300 young Afghan musicians, their teachers and staff from their music school fled Afghanistan in fear for their lives after their country fell again to the Taliban. NPR ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: “This Is A Matter Of Saving The Culture Of Afghanistan”: Decorated Iranian Filmmakers Mohsen & Hana Makhmalbaf Plus Jimmy Mulville Urge UK Government To House Dozens Of ...
“This is a matter of saving the culture of Afghanistan,” Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf said to a parliamentary committee this morning as he pled with the UK government to house dozens of ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Inside Afghan Women’s Fight to Compete at the Olympics
No school beyond the sixth grade. No traveling without a male guardian. Death by stoning for “moral crimes” such as adultery. In most places, women must cover themselves from head to toe if they leave ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Afghanistan’s Stolen Peace: The Women Who Refuse to Be Silenced
When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, Zahra Nader was pursuing a doctorate in Women and Gender studies at York University in Canada.
News Afghanistan » Culture: Afghan Storytelling and Preserving Culture
In this event recording, you'll hear from people working across music, film, writing, and other creative forms to safeguard Afghan culture. Each storyteller offers unique perspectives on cultural ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Afghan Culture Lessons Help U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
A select number of servicemembers are learning ways to become experts in Afghan culture through the Afghan Hands Program. “We don't land in Afghanistan as experts, but the vision is that we become ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Protecting Buddhist Shared Heritage: Exploring India’s Quest With Taliban In Context Of Heritage Protection – Analysis
The cultural heritage of a country is a fundamental factor in forming and shaping the identity of a nation. It becomes more significant in the context of a war-torn nation like Afghanistan.
News Afghanistan » Culture: Afghan designer weaves cultural heritage into Wisconsin fashion scene
Sarwat Najib empowers through fashion, while bringing Afghan culture to central Wisconsin. Originally from Kabul, fashion designer Sarwat Najib brings Afghan artistry to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Her ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Scholar Rachel Lehr to Discuss Afghan Culture
Rachel Lehr says Afghan women are much less liberated than American women. “They value interdependence rather than the independence which we value in American culture,” said Lehr, a research scholar ...