Hazara land Ghazni, a photo exhibition in California
By Hazara photographers Mahdi Nikain and Qadir Rahimi Photo sources: BBC Persian
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Hazaras’ brush with war
Peter Gotting reports on Hazara refugees using art to speak out. JIM MIDDLETON, PRESENTER: the Australian Government’s announcement during the week that it will start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan earlier than planned has raised many questions, among them whether it’s too early to do so. Afghanistan’s Hazara people, the country’s third largest ethnic group, have [...]
Hazara Film Maker Wins Cinema du Reel Best Short Documentary
A documentary film titled “Dusty Night” made by Ali Hazara won the short documentary film prize at the 34th international film festival Cinema du Reel, and received a special mention for a second award. Mr. Hazara received the award for the best short documentary film out of 11 other nominees. It was also awarded runner [...]
The World waiting for rebuilding of Buddhas of Bamyan
By Ishaq Mohammadi Toppling of Taliban Government has now reached to more one decade, but it needs decades to recover ethnic and sectarian wounds inflicted by Taliban towards innocent people of Afghanistan in general and destruction of two giant standing statues of Buddha in particular, which were historical and cultural heritage of the country in [...]
Cultural Exhibit & Lecture on Hazara people of Afghanistan
By Salman Heydari The Hazara of Afghanistan: Cultural Exhibit & Lecture was developed to increase awareness of the rich history and cultural heritage of the Hazara people from Afghanistan, who now live throughout the world. The Hazara ethnic group, the third largest in Afghanistan, is a culture that has survived despite genocide and decades of [...]
Photo Exhibit in Tucker on Afghanistan’s Hazara People
Almost forty photographs of the Hazara are now on display at the library. By Kevin Madigan Almost forty images of the Hazara people, taken by their own photographers, are on show at Tucker-Reid H. Cofer-Reid Library until March 17, according to an article in Tucker Times. The Hazara are one of 20 ethnic groups in [...]
Mullah Omar Farman Plans to Destroy the Hazara Cultural and Historical Monument of the Buddahs of Bamiyan
TRANSLATION OF THE PASHTO TEXT : ISHAQ MOHAMMADI/ ART PHOTO BY NAJIBULLAH MUSAFER Mullah Omar’s Farman to Taliban – A copy of this document (written in Pushto) was secured from Taliban’s Dept of Interior Ministry after US bombing in late 2001.The document is an order/policy by Mullah Omar to the Taliban commanders. Mullah Omar Farman [...]
No Better Subject than “Afshar Massacre” for Angelina Jolie’s New Movie in Afghanistan
by Mohammad Amin Wahidi Two months after her first movie’s premiere and worldwide success, as a new director, Angelina Jolie has announced to the media that she has an idea and is writing a script on the Afghanistan Civil War. Her debut feature, “In the Land of Blood and Honey”, a critically acclaimed movie about [...]
Londoner Of The Day is Photographer Asef Ali Mohammad – in Line For Sony Prize
Londoner of the Day goes to student photographer Asef Ali Mohammad, who is in line for a prestigious international prize for his snap of a “fleeting moment in time.” Middlesex University undergraduate Asef is one of 10 finalists on the shortlist for the Sony World Photography Awards Student Focus competition. Judges were drawn to his [...]
