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The Afghan diaspora – in pictures

Germany, March 2017 - Afghans celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in a suburb of Frankfurt. Men dance and listen to a performance by...

Youths’ options put on display

Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council Afghan Dance Group members Setarah Qasimi, Rezwana Sultani, and Sahar Bunyadi, all 12. Photo...

Aryana Saeed, Afghan Pop Star, Won’t Let Mullahs Stop the Show

Aryana Saeed, an Afghan singer, performing in Kabul on Saturday after her concert at Ghazi Stadium on Friday was canceled. Photo by...

Abduol Nazari: Dancing from Jaghori, Afghanistan to Athens, Greece

Abduol performing at Athens Festival Peiraios 260 in 2014. Photo by Lida Touloumakou. Abduol Nazari is a dancer well versed in modern and...

Pakistan's Forgotten Pagans Get Their Due

Though we're not sure how we feel about some of the language used to describe the Kalash people, we feel this article shares some great...

Asian Gala celebrates heritage, shares culture through food and art

This story features Bucknell University's Students for Asian Awareness group's 10th annual Asian Gala, which this year featured Afghan...

“New Happiness”: Afghan Student Union Shares Nowruz with the Community

Afghan Student Union flag at the University of Utah. Photo by Mckenzie Alder. On Wednesday, March 22, the Afghan Student Union (ASU) at...

‘I Don’t Want to Go Back to Afghanistan to Get Butchered’

We felt it important to include this article to highlight some of the challenges and complex situations that exist surrounding dance....

Reflecting on a changing world with the help of the Attan

As the world experiences a particularly intense period of political, economic, and social change with the rapid movement of people and...

The spirit of dance

The pursuit of a passion for dance is fraught with risk to lives and livelihood for Afghan dancers, writes Madhavi Puranam. Nooriya...

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