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Goftegu Public Debate

118-119th Goftegu Public Debate: Assessing Seven years of a cultural initiative; Public Debates &100,000 Books Published – Invitation

Armanshahr, in collaboration with the Institut français d’Afghanistan (IFA), invites you to the 118th (Year VII) GOFTEGU public debate to celebrate Seven years of perseverance to institutionalise the culture of dialogue and reading.

Saturday، 17 August، 2013

118-119th Goftegu Public Debate: Seven years of Armanshahr books and Goftegu Public Debates in Afghanistan

Jawad Darwaziyan: 118th public debate – Goftegu, a bridge between the elite and the citizens – was held in the hall of French Institute Afghanistan (FIA) on 3 July 2013 to mark 7 years of Armanshahr Foundation’s (AF) operation in Afghanistan.

Saturday، 17 August، 2013

117th Goftegu Public Debate: Elections and young people’s red line

Armanshahr Foundation held its 117th public debate “Goftegu, a bridge between the elite and the citizens” (7th year) with the title of “Face-to-Face: Elections and young people’s red line” at Allameh Saljouqi Hall in Herat on 13 June 2013.

Friday، 16 August، 2013

116th Goftegu Public Debate: 10th anniversary of the Commission

116th Goftegu Public Debate: 10th anniversary of the Commission

Friday، 16 August، 2013

115th Goftegu Public Debate: We Do Not Want To Wash Blood With Blood, We Want JUSTICE!

115th Goftegu Public Debate: We Do Not Want To Wash Blood With Blood, We Want JUSTICE!

Friday، 16 August، 2013

113-114th Goftegu Public Debate: Simorgh; Two years of critique meetings – 3rd round of peace prize

The 113th Goftegu (Year VII) public debate of Armanshahr concentrated on the presentation of the call for participation of musicians in the 3rd Simorgh peace prize competition. The meeting was held at Ibn Sina Hall in Herat on Tuesday 7 May 2013, where a sizeable number of poets, cultural activists and musicians took part.

Friday، 16 August، 2013

112th Goftegu Public Debate: Commemorating International Book and Children’s Book Days

The 112th Goftegu (Year VII) public debate of Armanshahr was held with the title of “Commemorating International Book and Children’s Book Days” at the Esteghlal High School’s hall, in cooperation with the French Institute Afghanistan, PEN Afghanistan, and Zaryab Publishing House on 18 April 2013. The first part of the programme was a book fair for publishers where Armanshahr Publications, Ghalam, Saeed and Zaryab displayed their books. Subsequently, Fahrenheit 451, directed by François Truffaut (the famous French director and a pioneer of the new wave of the French cinema) was screened.

Thursday، 15 August، 2013

106th-111th Goftegu Public Debate: International women’s Film Festival – “Women, most qualified ambassadors of peace!”

Armanshahr Foundation and Roya Film House, headed by Guissou Jahangiri and Roya Sadat respectively, organised “The First International Women’s Film Festival-Herat” at the ancient citadel of Herat, 7-9 March 2013, marking 8 March, the International Women’s Day. More than 1500 people attended. The Festival Secretariat had received 100 films from 20 countries, out of which 10 films from Afghanistan and 25 films from other countries were screened. Several filmmakers from Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan and India were guests of the Festival.

Thursday، 15 August، 2013

105th Goftegu Public Debate: Why is poetry a social issue?

Armanshahr Foundation in collaboration with Ibn Sina University and PEN Afghanistan, has the pleasure to invite you to its 105th (Year VII) public dialogue GOFETGU

Thursday، 15 August، 2013

104th Goftegu Public Debate: What have we done, what are we doing, what shall we do?

Armanshahr’s 104th Goftegu public debate – a bridge between the elite and the citizens – marking Woman’s Day, was held in collaboration with the French Institute in Afghanistan and Roya Film House in the hall of Esteqlal School on 4th March 2013. The meeting, attended by nearly 100 people, was addressed by Mr Nooreddin Alawi (sociologist), Ms Homeira Ghaderi (writer and women’s rights activist), Ms Sahar Motallebi(women’s rights activist), Ms Diana Saqeb (filmmaker and women’s rights activist), and Mr Khodadad Besharat (executive director of Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organisation).

Wednesday، 14 August، 2013