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How a Documentary Used Animation to Protect the Identity of Its Main Character

Avatar photo by M.Z. Adnan December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

Afghan refugee Amin didn’t feel comfortable telling director Jonas Poher Rasmussen his story without a way to conceal his identity. Rasmussen explains the process to Hyperallergic.

Posted inNews

Cultural Workers in Afghanistan Make Urgent Plea for Help as Humanitarian Conditions Decline

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

“Jobless, futureless, in constant fear of arrest and death at the hands of the Taliban, we do not live but merely exist,” says an open letter published by Artists at Risk.

Posted inBooks

How War Shaped Afghanistan’s Weaving Traditions

by David Carrier September 30, 2021September 30, 2021

With Afghanistan’s “war rugs” a traditional art form was updated in response to the country’s brutal invasions by other nations.

Posted inNews

“Open Your Borders”: A Print Sale Benefits Afghan Nationals

by Hakim Bishara September 27, 2021September 27, 2021

Freelance writer Rona Akbari partnered with artist Aishwarya Srivastava for a print sale fundraiser to support Afghan nationals who are facing illness and starvation.

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With Afghan Artists at Risk, Hundreds Sign Letter Asking US to Protect Them

by Hakim Bishara August 24, 2021August 27, 2021

The open letter, penned by Arts for Afghanistan, is signed by artists including Susan Meiselas, Hank Willis Thomas, Walid Raad, and more.

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Writers’ Organization Issues Dire Warning After Members Reportedly Murdered by Taliban

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

Two of PEN International’s members, Abdullah Atefi and Dawa Khan Menapal, were reportedly murdered by Taliban forces earlier this month.

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Afghan Artists and Writers Urge US to Keep Embassy Open

by Hakim Bishara August 16, 2021August 17, 2021

The Afghan American Artists and Writers Association has supported calls for the United States government to keep its embassy in the capital open “at all costs” to protect refugees.

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Capturing the Moments Between Bullets and Bombs

by Julia Friedman July 21, 2015July 21, 2015

Like many accomplished photojournalists, James Hill’s work exists in a blurred space between reportage and fine art.

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The Demolished Buddhas of Bamiyan Are Reborn as 3D Projections

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 15, 2015June 15, 2015

This month the two sixth-century Buddhas of Bamiyan demolished in Afghanistan were temporarily returned to their towering places in the Bamiyan cliffs through 3D projection.

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Portraits of Afghani Women Imprisoned for “Moral” Crimes

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 13, 2015May 13, 2015

“The female prison population in Afghanistan overwhelmingly consists of individuals who are serving 5-to-15-year sentences for moral crimes,” Gabriela Maj writes in Almond Garden: Portraits from the Women’s Prisons in Afghanistan, out next month from Daylight Books.

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Arming Kabul’s Girls with Skateboards

by Laura C. Mallonee April 21, 2015April 24, 2015

“She was wearing such a beautiful color, a sort of inky teal,” photographer Jessica Fulford-Dobson said of the Afghan girl with the carefully tied headscarf whose portrait she took last year.

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Traditional Craft Meets Conflict in Afghan War Rugs

Avatar photo by Erin Joyce April 6, 2015April 9, 2015

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — War and conflict have long had a role in the production of art.

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