Conferences

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

Armanshahr’s 103rd Goftegu public debate was held with the title of “One step to collapse? Human rights in deadlock in Afghanistan” in the French Institute on 7 February 2013. This public meeting coincided with the publication of a report by Human Rights Watch titled “Rights at Risk as Military Drawdown Advances” and publication of three new books by Armanshahr: “Human Rights at Crossroads, a joint report of International Federation for Human Rights and Armanshahr Foundation”; “Prison, prisoners and human rights: Politis asia 12-13”; and “War and the city: Politis asia 14-15.”

The 15th anniversary of the establishment of Armanshahr Foundation/Open Asia was celebrated in its 100th Goftegu meeting during which the winners of the first and second Simorgh peace prize were announced.

The 15th anniversary of the establishment of Armanshahr Foundation/Open Asia was celebrated in its 100th Goftegu meeting during which the winners of the first and second Simorgh peace prize were announced. Furthermore, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan and the National Library of Tajikistan were praised for two decades of publishing services and cultural achievements, respectively. Two thousand books were donated to the National Library.

In celebration of the International Human Rights Day and the Victims Week, Armanshahr’s 99th Goftegu public debate, a bridge between the elite and the citizens, was held in the hall of the French Institute in Afghanistan in cooperation with the Institute and the Open Society Afghanistan on 9 December 2012.