An exclusive interview with Muska Najib during the launch of Belonging Flexibly exhibition at SOAS. About the exhibition: Belonging Flexibly’ tells the story of non-Muslim communities from historically Muslim-majority cities in Asia, including (post) Soviet Central Asia, that migrated out of the region due to political instability, international intervention, and civil conflict. The exhibition emphasises […]

  Hanif Hamgam famous for his satire and comedy show (Zang e Khatar), recently visited London for the screening of his recent movie “Jadogar Sabz”. He visited our studio for a chat about his visit to London and the screening of his movie.

  In this exclusive interview Asad Sikandar talks about his career in film industry, the making of his first Bollywood movie Bullet and his controversial movie Madrasa that exposed the atrocities of the Iranian regime against Afghan refugees residing in Iran.

  Sitara Attaie is an Afghan born American & Dutch actress. She spent her early years learning several languages while living in Afghanistan, India, The Netherlands and now The United States. She is fluent in Dari, Farsi, Dutch, German, Hindi, Urdu, Pashto and conversational French. In this episode of our exclusive podcasts, Sitara take us […]

  Ariadne travelled to Belgium to speak to 55D Boy Ramin, an Afghan rapper based in Belgium. Ramin is explaining how RAP in Afghanistan this style was coined into Dari language as GAP/گپ (talking) by Farhad Darya. Ramin also touched how rapping is used to promote political and social issues in the country, completely the […]

  Cinema was introduced to Afghanistan at the beginning of the 20th century. Political troubles slowed the industry over the years; however, numerous Pashto and Dari films have been made both inside and outside Afghanistan throughout the 20th century. In this exclusive podcast we have a conversation with Fazal Hakimi, an Afghan film maker, actor […]

  Dr. Ahmad Sarmast is founder and director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM). A musician from a renowned family, he fled Afghanistan when its rich musical heritage was halted by the civil war, as music was forbidden under Taliban rule. Following the nation’s liberation, Sarmast returned to Kabul to establish ANIM. ANIM […]

  Edward Zellem is a retired U.S. Navy captain and the 12-time award-winning author of 5 books. He is known for his work inside Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace and for authoring three bilingual collections of Afghan Proverbs: Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs, a book for children entitled Afghan Proverbs Illustrated, and a companion book of […]

  Fahim Fazli is “A man of two worlds” Afghanistan, the country of his birth, and the United States, the nation he adopted and learned to love. Fahim is also a man who escaped oppression, found his dream profession, and then Played it all forward by returning to Afghanistan as an interpreter with the U.S. […]