Painting in secret to defy the Taliban

 Shabnam once preferred to use vibrant colours in her paintings. Today, the palette of the 20-year-old artist from Kandahar has shifted to muted tones dominated by blues, whites, and blacks. In one of her recent works, she depicts a woman…

Painting in secret to defy the Taliban

The struggle for a secular state is the right response to the Taliban’s new retrograde law

The Taliban have introduced a new law that tightens the noose of oppression on the people of Afghanistan, especially women. It gives the Taliban morality police enormous power to invade and scrutinize citizens’ lives. The new law aims at further…

The struggle for a secular state is the right response to the Taliban’s new retrograde law

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 Shabnam once preferred to use vibrant colours in her paintings. Today, the palette of the 20-year-old artist from Kandahar has shifted to muted tones dominated by blues, whites, and blacks. In one of her recent works, she depicts a woman…See more

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Eight-year-old Sahar constantly worries about the future of her mother and her two younger brothers. She fears the upcoming winter, and worries that her mother might not be able to buy coal, leaving their small room cold. Sahar worries about…See more

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Fatima Roshanian is the editor-in-chief of Nimrokh Media. It was one of the very first women’s publications created during the republican era and it courageously and committedly addressed issues that broadened the horizons of its readers. In the patriarchal and…See more

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The ripple effects of the crises in Pakistan, both large and small, often reach Kabul. Historically, Afghanistan has been a periphery of the Indian subcontinent. Even today, our country feels the waves of events emanating from that region more acutely…See more

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The writer and journalist Taqi Wahedi stands out as one of the most successful Afghan refugee storytellers in Iran. He has primarily focused his writing on short stories about migration, social and cultural issues, war, and women’s issues.  By examining…See more

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