Interviews - Zan Times

Venturing beyond preconceived ideas of Afghanistan: A Zan Times interview with Charlotte Erlih

by Khaled Qaderi July 22, 2026July 22, 2026

Living in constant fear: an interview with Kohzad, an LGBTQI+ person in Afghanistan

by Khadija Haidary June 29, 2026June 29, 2026

Hajar Hussaini, Whiting Award Winner of 2026

Interview with Hajar Hussaini, Whiting Award Winner of 2026

by Khadija Haidary April 16, 2026April 22, 2026

“They beat me until I lost my child”: An Afghan woman protester’s story of defiance

by Khadija Haidary March 23, 2026April 22, 2026

Standing against the darkness: Jhulia Parsi’s account of two and a half years of street protest

by Khadija Haidary March 5, 2026April 22, 2026

Surviving Taliban prison: Zarmina Paryani, from religious student to anti-Taliban activist

by Zan Times February 17, 2026February 19, 2026

“I began fight for the right to education from inside my home”: Interview with Rahil Talash

by Khadija Haidary December 17, 2025December 17, 2025

‘I write because acceptance is impossible’: Farida Faryad on memory, violence, and women’s voices

by Khadija Haidary December 8, 2025December 8, 2025

New UN Probe to investigate decades of Afghan abuses by all parties, interview with Richard Bennett

by Zahra Nader October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

Mazda Mehregan: A poet’s fight against sexual violence in Afghanistan’s literary circles

by Zan Times May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

Let’s open a school

by Zan Times February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

Interview with Mahdi Salami, one of the founders of Rahyab Organization

by Zan Times December 18, 2024December 18, 2024