Culture and Arts

Culture and Arts

The Dark Years

Culture and Arts

Saleh Mohammad Khaliq: Guardian of Balkh’s Identity and Voice of Cultural Resistance

In the tumultuous history of contemporary Afghan literature, Saleh Mohammad Khaliq (1955–2025) stands as a towering figure—a poet, scholar, and local intellectual from Balkh who played a pivotal role...

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Narrative of Color” in Herat: Women Artists Shine with 45 Paintings

Amid ongoing restrictions on women in Afghanistan, a group of female artists in Herat defied the silence and exclusion by launching an inspiring art exhibition titled “Narrative of Color.” The event...

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The Fight From Afar An Afghan feminist in exile organizes against the taliban

By Neggeen Sadid Photographs By Jói Kjartans Source: lux-magazine.com/article/hoda-khamosh Hoda Khamosh takes the Oslo Metro, or T-bane, after a Norwegian language class in 2024 The f...

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Habiba Askar, one of the first women to appear unveiled on the stage of Afghan theater

✍️ By: Hamia Naderi Habiba Askar is one of Afghanistan’s bold artistic pioneers — a woman who, in 1957, at a time when women’s presence on stage was still taboo, appeared unveiled before an audienc...