Afghan Musician Farhad Darya: “Afghanistan’s History Is Mostly Lies”
By Kazim Jafari Farhad Darya is one of Afghanistan’s best-known musicians, whose songs have accompanied several generations through war, displacement, and...
Identity
The Afghan Barista Who Conquers Vienna’s Coffee Rituals One Cup at a Time
Afghan diaspora entrepreneurship is often spoken of in broad, often reductive, strokes-resilience, adaptation, cultural blending. But few personal stories illustrate...
Vienna Hosts Celebration of Farsi Language and Culture
ADN In the leafy Fourteenth District of Vienna, the garden of Society Magazine became a stage for culture, diplomacy, and shared memory....
In Search of Identity: Finding Home Between Germany and Afghanistan
ADN Seevetal, Germany — For Hares Ahrari, identity is not a straightforward question. Born to an Afghan father and a Ukrainian...
I am Afghan
By Sina Behboodzadeh I was 22 years old when I had to leave Afghanistan for political reasons. Just at the...
From Laghman to Melbourne: Zahid Safi’s Journey from Refugee to Political Voice
By Wakeel Attock Zahid Safi remembers the long road that brought him from the hills of eastern Afghanistan to the...
Voices After Exit: Mohra Barekzai and the Fight for Afghan LGBTQ+ Visibility
ADN When Mohra Barekzai stepped onto the stage at the Afghan Cultural Association (AKIS) conference in Vienna, it marked a...
Afghanistan Homegrown Philosopher
By Abdul Wakeel In the mountainous district of Mohmand Dara, Nangarhar, where Afghanistan meets the linguistic crossroads of Central and...
Home in heart: An Afghan diaspora’s identity, belonging and resistance
Gul Badshah Kamawal grew up in Kama, a district in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province. But over two decades ago, insecurity...
Sarah Hermann: A French Scholar Bridging Cultures Through Pashto
The Pashto language, Pashtunwali, and the associated values have remained an inseparable part of Afghan identity throughout history. However, when...
