Zubair Popalzai

is a Pashto, Dari, and English language translation and interpretation professional with more than 20 years of experience. He is a consultant translator for BBC Monitoring and has worked as an interpreter for UN special envoys in politically and militarily sensitive environments in South Asia. He is also employed as a legal interpreter at solicitors’ offices, tribunals, immigration detention centers, and police contexts in the UK.

In Reading, We Resist

In Reading, We Resist

In Paranda, everyday activities like reading symbolize protest and resistance in homes, alleyways, and gatherings.

4 JULY 2025 • By Marie Bamyani, Zubair Popalzai
“Kabul’s Haikus”—fiction from Maryam Mahjoba

“Kabul’s Haikus”—fiction from Maryam Mahjoba

In this short story by Maryam Mahjoba, a teacher from Japan travels to Afghanistan to teach at a...

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Maryam Mahjoba, Zubair Popalzai
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