"An Inventory of Infinite Traces" Gramsci
One Dec. 19, 2010, Zora, owner of the lovely Zora Space in Park Slope, Brooklyn generously hosted the celebration of our book. The cafe was packed with friends, family, long lost friends, colleagues, mentors and babies! Here are some images from the event: One corner of the audience. The other side went all […]
MoreTime to hit Brooklyn with a strong dose of Afghan American literature! Please join: Jessamyn Ansary Naheed Elyasi Mariam Ghani Donia Gobar Khalida Sethi Sahar Muradi Zohra Saed Book Launch at Zora Space 5:30-7pm Sunday Dec. 19th 315 4th Avenue NY 11215 Get Directions (718) 832-4870 One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan […]
MoreSearching for Hakeem Khan, son of Na’eem Khan, Sar Mamoor (deputy Police Commissioner) of Jalalabad City in the 1960s, later Sar Mamoor of Charikar, then in the 1970s Commandant (Police Commissioner) of Kabul 1970s. Childhood friend of father. Graduated Kabul University. Loved literature (like me). Last heard when father was in Riyadh (1979, after the […]
MoreThe event at Asian American/Asian Research Institute was wonderful. Thanks to Joyce Moy, Director of AAARI, and Antony Wong, Program Coordinator for making this happen. The video of the event is available on the website: http://www.aaari.net Here is a recap of the event with some photos by Antony Wong. Bina Sarkar, Editor holding an issue […]
MoreThis is my favorite. A flashback to the recession of the early 1990s, sophomore year at Sheepshead Bay High School, Brooklyn. Goth music, dark matte lipstick, and scrunchies ruled supreme. My name was spelled different (before I reclaimed the name I was born with and not the name the translators misspelled on my passport paperwork […]
MoreUNDERSTANDING AFGHANISTAN International Gallerie’s 23rd Issue: Vol. 11 No 2 Come join us for an evening of “Understanding Afghanistan” Date: April 9th Time: 6-8pm Hosted by AAARI (Asian/Asian American Research Institute) CUNY Co-Sponsored with The Association of Iranian American Writers 25 West 43rd Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10036 Phone: 212-869-0182 Fax: 212-869-0181 E-mail: […]
MoreNYC Launch coming soon… Gallerie (www.gallerie.net) is an award-winning arts and ideas journal published in Mumbai. The editor, Bina Sarkar will be in New York City the first two weeks of April. Don’t hesitate to contact her directly through the website if you are interested in hosting a launch of the journal. This issue comes […]
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