Afghanistan

The literary circles of Afghanistan have been talking about postmodernism with all its contradictions since 10 years ago. There are three groups that endorse, reject or critique it, mostly on a non-serious basis. There has hardly been a serious discussion of its relationship to war, traditions and fundamentalism.

The 79th (Year V) Goftegu public debate, a bridge between the elites and the citizens, of Armanshahr Foundation was held in cooperation with the French Institute Afghanistan and Physicians for Human Rights at the Institute’s amphitheatre on 21 July 2011 under the title of “In search of truth and justice, a study of half a century of crisis in Afghanistan” and to introduce to newly published books: ‘A Review of War Ruins’, and ‘A selection of Simorgh Stories’. The speakers were: Messers Stefan Schmidt (from Physicians for Human Rights), Alireza Rohani (Senior adviser at the AIHRC and Director of Law faculty Ibn Sina University), Rafigh Shaheer (Member of Parliament), Aziz Rafiee (Managing Director of Afghanistan Civil Society Forum.( About 60 human rights activists, students, academics and media representatives were present at the meeting.

Armanshahr Foundation in collaboration with Physicians for Human Rights and the French Institute of Afghanistan in Kabul is pleased to invite you to its 79th (year V) public debate GOFTEGU and the public presentation of […]

Invitation to 78th Goftegu Public Debate: The Role of Citizens in Building a Peace of the Just

Speakers: Lucia Direnberger (Researcher and PhD student at l’Université de Paris VII), Mazari Safa (ex-Vice minister of Women’s social affairs), Mohammad Aslam Jawadi (Director of Sociology department of Kateb University)

Speakers: Ms. Fatana Ishaq Gailani (Founder and chairwoman of Afghanistan Women Council), M. Mohammad Sarwar Hosseini (Deputy-head of Literacy and Informal Training at the Ministry of Education), M. Mohammad Aslam Jawadi (Director of Sociology Department of Kateb University), Ms. Safa Mazari (Director of orphanages, Ministry of Labour and Social affairs)

On the occasion of International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women and the distribution of the new Armanshahr publication “Justice for Women in War and Peace”:

Invitation for 74th Goftegu Public Debate: Books with no readers, readers with no writers

Armanshahr Foundation organised its 73rd Goftegu public debate under the title of “In search of truth and justice in Afghanistan, national and international mechanisms,” in its offices on 23rd April 2011. Two dozen students and civil society activists of Afghanistan participated at the meeting.

72nd Goftegu Public Debate: Re-reading 60 years of contemporary history: from the decade of democracy until today