I have decided to launch This is Afghanistan, a corner of Blingistan dedicated to an online loya jirga, an e-majlis if you will, to discuss, connect and amplify voices of Afghan people, at home and abroad. There is no one way to be Afghan: for the marginalised and proud, let's celebrate our nuances goddamnit: This is Afghanistan.
The purpose of This is Afghanistan is not just to unite Afghans, and celebrate our homeland, but also to create solidarity with the entire global south + global oppressed proletariat. There are so many overlaps between the Afghan people's struggle and other groups of people, and we are not free until we are all free- we are stronger together!
loya jirga translates to "grand assembly" in Pashto, jirga's are part of Pashtunwali, the code of laws used by the Pashtun people of Afghanistan. Majlis means "council" in Dari. Instead of calling this a "blog", which I find to be a frivolous term used to share cooking recipes, I am calling this an online loya jirga, or e-majlis, because even if it's clunky, it's also cheeky and decolonial.
If a word is in italics, it is also translated at the bottom of the post.
To contribute/contact email us at:
amplifymyvoiceblingistan@gmail.com
To access the Google Drive, a 'One Stop Shop' on all things Afghanistan click here.
Click on a post title to access.
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Post #1: An Open Letter to Charities in Afghanistan in "Defence" of Our Women
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Post #2: Bunch o' Bullshit from the Bastards in Bureaucracy
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Post #3: 1995 Communist Immunisation Program That Worked
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Post #4: Why I want a husband from Afghanistan and not from the West
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Post #5: Magical Nadeeda, and Why Misrepresentation Matters
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Post #6: Guest Submission: On "The United States of Al" by Professor Comrade
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Post #7: Guest Submission: Mutual Liberation by Masuma Khan
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Post #8: Guest Submission: To Say This Show is Not About The Military is False by Shiraz F
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Post #9: A Bibi Haji Walks Into A Bar: How Afghan Men in the West Need to Grow Some Balls and Stop Fetishising Their Own Women
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Post #10: The True Oppressors of Brown Women are White Men: A Case Study from Berlin, Germany
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Post #11: Guest Submission: The Current State of Ghazni by Mirwais Shalizi
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Post #12: The Fetishisation of Nadia Nadim
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Post #13 A Humble Attempt at Hope