They called Afghanistan ‘the place where empires go to die,’ and Iran is very similar in that terrain. You put boots on the ground in Iran, and we're in for a lot of pain.” ...

In his new book, The Golden Road, he traces the vast networks of trade, scholarship, faith and artistic imagination that once connected the Indian subcontinent to Central Asia, the Mediterranean and f ...

The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this ...

An interview with Sana Atef, a reporter with the Zan Times who covers the lives and work of women in Afghanistan.

Afghan women writers defy suppression by the Taliban, using literature as a means of resistance. Despite bans and restrictions, they tell compelling stories that reclaim agency. Through collective ...

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There is something profoundly defiant, almost incendiary, about Afghan women writers. When the Taliban regained control of Kabul in August 2021, images of women protesting in the streets and girls ...

Robert Mgrdich Apelian’s graphic novel Fustuk (“pistachio”) takes a fascinating look at an imagined episode in Parskahye or Armenian-Iranian history, while providing a fun overview of some of the ...

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