"An Inventory of Infinite Traces" Gramsci
The 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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
MoreThe Difference Between Rubies and Pomegranates i. Heaven is at the instep of a mother’s foot sharing the few inches with home. The faint fragrance of blood thick when we are near. ii. When they tilted their heads back, their open mouths tasted water in the blue. At 18, they were all like this, a […]
MoreIn 2004, I was invited by visual artist, Chanika Svetvilas to include my story in her installation “Living American” for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. She found a powder blue hard plastic suitcase, just like the one I remembered we came to America carrying. The installation was a collection of immigrant stories. Each suitcase […]
MoreThe 1958 Ford is contrasted with the Afghan horse & buggy. This came part of a catalog documenting a trip that began in Turkey and ended up in Afghanistan (and back as the ad says). The idea seems to be that if this car can drive in Afghanistan, then it can drive anywhere. I am […]
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