A Humble Attempt at Hope (Post #14)
#14 15 August 2021 by Shamayel Shalizi I was sitting in my then girlfriend’s apartment in Sarajevo, as I made arrangements for my father’s funeral, over the phone to Afghanistan....
#14 15 August 2021 by Shamayel Shalizi I was sitting in my then girlfriend’s apartment in Sarajevo, as I made arrangements for my father’s funeral, over the phone to Afghanistan....
You know what this refugee narrative is really used for? To perpetuate capitalism. Mhm. The C word. Because when we talk of Nadia’s story, we are never saying “oh I...
The security is getting worse day by day, we were actually hopeful that the "peace" talks between the government and the Taliban would bring some kind of peace or at...
Though the liberation of Afghan women (and other non-white women) looks very different than what the West portrays it as/bases their invasion on, there are still many problems in the country-...
Afghan men in the West, stop being manipulated by the White man and Orientalising and fetishising your own people. How much longer are you gonna grovel at the feet of...
Once again, Afghans are being used as a way to better Americans. This falls into a pattern that is constantly reproduced in large and small ways: through characters in this...
My name is Masuma Khan. I was born in raised in Kjipuktuk Mi’kma’ki (Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada) and I’m a local community organizer and artist. I am a Pashtun, and...
The United States is a murderous nation. This is the only reasonable starting point for any conversation about the American media's latest piece of naked propaganda, "The United States of...
For context, I just got finished with a procedure at the hospital, and my right arm is not functioning but I dragged myself to the god damn virtual screening and...
Disclaimer: Please forgive the terribly heterosexual/cis-gender nature of this post, I had to lean into one side of my bisexuality over the other to allow this synthesis. Afghan men are...
The transcription of a casual conversation about vaccines in Afghanistan with 'a historian of Central Asian history who has a graduate degree from GWU', as they describe themselves- a very...
When I turned in my dissertation at SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies, where I was receiving my Master's degree in Social Anthropology, in hopes to return to my...
Everyone has been massively supportive about Blingistan, it’s made me blush, smile, laugh, and has filled my heart with such warmth- I wake up everyday loving what I do (and...