By Ikram.Afzali Saturday, January 30, 2010: Today, Professor Lia Gladstone and her students at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) organized the first-ever performance by AUAF students. The show included a number of performances including a play, monologues, poems, and story-telling. The performances covered a range of issues the Afghan society is faced with including lack [...] [...more]
By Lida and Salem Ibrahimi Since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, the Afghan government has been trying to rebuild and run a country, which has almost nothing to be recovered except few destroyed buildings, non-functioning systems, institutions and poor-stricken population. Notwithstanding, the government capitalized on the post Bonne-agreement political achievements, and with generous support [...] [...more]
By Jamil Danish 21 October 2009 – Afghanistan taekwondo athlete Mahmood Haidary won on Sunday the silver medal at the World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. This October 2009 Wold Taekwondo event was the largest world championship ever for the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). Afghanistan also won the bronze medal in the championships which saw 929 athletes [...] [...more]
By Jamil Danish October 2009 – Jawad Kohistani is sitting on a red sofa, looking pale and anxious, sipping a cup of green tea to steady his nerves. The hotel manager is counting the number of guests Jawad plans on inviting to his wedding next week. He’s stamping every single invitation card Jawad has provided. But Jawad has [...] [...more]
by Travis Beard (Originally published here. With special appreciation to The National, it is, hereby, republished in AUAF Free Press) In Afghanistan’s darker times under the Taliban, almost anything that brought a smile to people’s faces was banned under the oppressive regime; kite flying, music, dancing and most sports were off limits. But one man with a love [...] [...more]
by Feroz Khan Every country has a culture or a traditional activity which appears in their lifestyle which includes celebration of events, clothing, dance, etc. Similarly, our country, Afghanistan, is also popular for its exceptional tradition and the way of its people’s life. The attan is one of our traditional activities and it is eagerly done [...] [...more]
By: Siddique Ahmed For many young Afghans who were out of the country during 1996-2001, it is hard to imagine that music was once banned in their country. Nowadays, over 17 private TV channels and numerous FM radio stations broadcast a variety of music 24/7. During the Taliban era (through 1996-2001) even listening to music was [...] [...more]
By: Nasria Pashtun and Siddique Ahmed A group of Japanese engineers, town planners, and other experts in urban planning, (buried under maps, GIS data and piles of paper) are working on the plan for a new city. This city is not going to be in the suburbs of Tokyo or Kawasaki. It is called Deh Sabs [...] [...more]
by Abrahim Rasouli Undergraduate Student at AUAF It’s your wedding party. You’re happy; a few are dancing. You’re sitting beside your bride; she’s happy too… A loud sound, darkness, dust, silence… Coalition Forces fighter planes… Everyone assumes that they are targeting the Taliban. But, what about the innocent people like you whose wedding party is being celebrated? [...] [...more]
By Nasria Pashtun McCurry Lecture Kabul- Tuesday, 28 April, when all the educational and official institutions were off for Mujahedeen Day (Victory Day) in the country, a group of AUAF students and faculty members attended an American photojournalist, Steve McCurry, lecture at the US Embassy of Afghanistan. For AUAF students this was a very special trip; the [...] [...more]
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