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Oct. 26-Nov. 1: Sharjah, UAE Just got back earlier in the week from the Sharjah International Book Fair #shjibf. Sahar Muradi and I launched: One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature on Oct. 31, 2010 at the Fair. Here are some photos showing Book Love in Sharjah.
MoreSahar Muradi and I will be vlogging from the Sharjah International Book Fair Oct. 26-Nov. 1 (Although festival goes on til Nov. 6). We will be debuting One Story, Thirty Stories (Afsanah, Seesanah): An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature at #SHJIBF More details soon! Sharjah International Book Fair 2010
MoreThe book will be released Nov. 1, 2010! We need all the support we can get! If you are interested in booking a reading or a book party for the most fab collection of Afghan American writing then drop us a note! What makes this so groundbreaking? The awesome American & Afghanistan chronology; the largest […]
MoreAfter 7+ years of working on this literary anthology, we are extremely proud to announce the upcoming release of our afsanahs (stories). The book will be released Nov. 2010. Pre-Orders are available on Amazon. This anthology was made with the undergraduate professor in mind. Literary works are divided along themes (War, Identity, Gender, Assimilation etc) […]
MoreA day long bike ride in Marine Park, Brooklyn formally marks the end of the Spring 2010 semester! Highlights of this semester, teaching American Literature & History at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Student presentations were so beautiful that I documented them to share. I’ll be posting in the Teaching Portfolio section the photos, family […]
MoreMarch 12, 2010 Asian American Writers Workshop The turn out for the event was amazing! We had people leaning against the walls out the door listening to the writers. Nowroz was beautiful in the company of such brilliant and sensitive women. Here are some photos from the evening: Of course, Manijeh and I were so […]
MoreLast week, I made a bit of a fuss about how to refer to Afghans. I was a little tired of people referring to Afghans as Afghani or Afghanistani. Writer, Neesha Meminger, saw my post to the SAWCC listserve and was kind enough to give me some ranting space and published the email on her […]
MoreThe City University of New York hosted three panels featuring Afghan/Afghan-American activists, writers, and poets. These four days were some of the most transformative days for me. Afghan and Afghan-American experiences differing and sometimes disagreeing with one another is not always seen. I was very fortunate to have co-curated these panels with Padmini Biswas for […]
Moreflickr.com/jkim1 October 23,2009 – Witness to War: Afghan Poetry and Narratives Center for Place, Culture and Politics presents an evening of readings from Afghan American writers. These pieces are by survivors, those who escaped, those who returned, those haunted, those who have suffered loss. Their work is published in the first Anthology of Contemporary Afghan […]
MoreThe wonderful Dr. Donia Gobar and I are representing Afghanistan in this excellent anthology. Thanks to the hard work of Sukrita Paul Kumar and Malashri Lal, the anthology is quiet expansive and covers West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia. What an honor to be included among such talented women and […]
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