Stop Reading Afghanistan in Black and White
From the romanticised photos of 1960s Kabul to the tidy online verdicts about different leaderships, we love simple stories about Afghanistan. But simplicity is often dishonest. This piece explores how “visible progress” masked structural failure, why women’s rights have been a political lever for a century, and why nuance isn’t about excusing the Taliban but about understanding the machinery that failed ordinary Afghans long before 2021.
Mosaferín-e Mohtaram
A story of a return to Kabul after decades away — through ordinary moments that carried unexpected weight, and a country that was both exactly as she remembered and entirely changed.
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