Haunted by fear and fragile hope, two couples cross the Afghan capital and accidentally meet. Where is the...
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Parand
In Qais Akbar Omar’s short story, a surprise homecoming threatens to upend the lives of a 14-year-old and...
5 JULY 2024 • By Qais Akbar Omar
Iason Athanasiadis reviews a documentary of an Egyptian's observations of the first year of the Taliban's new regime.
19 APRIL 2024 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Something beyond war-weariness informs Jamaluddin Aram’s depiction of 1990s Afghanistan in his debut novel, writes Rudi Heinrich.
15 JANUARY 2024 • By Rudi Heinrich
Breaking stereotypes that their country is only about war, Afghan women continue to write despite the Taliban, writes...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Lillie Razvi
In his new book, Andrew Quilty relates some of the blowback after 9/11 brought about the invasion of...
11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Andrew Quilty
In Iran, Afghan refugees have been a part our everyday lives for over four decades now.
15 JANUARY 2022 • By Rahil Mohsin
Selling off your beloved book collection to pay the rent hurts, but it beats starving or being out...
13 DECEMBER 2021 • By weglot-editor
Hadani Ditmars The commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 unfolds in televisual real time and yet with...
15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
On the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Hadani Ditmars remembers the treasures and the ruins of Afghanistan...
16 AUGUST 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
