The arts and cultural sector in Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented crisis, as the simple act of artistic expression has now effectively been criminalised by the Taliban. While the international ...

The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), in collaboration with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), presents ‘Empire of Light: Visions and Voices of Afghanistan’, an exhibition exploring over 5,000 of ...

Though the National Museum of Afghanistan is nowhere near running at full capacity and still hasn’t recovered many of the artifacts lost from its collections in the upheaval of the past decade, a ...

In the heart of Afghanistan, a few skilled photographers are preserving a century-old tradition ,capturing portraits using handmade wooden box cameras. These remarkable devices, known as ...

Last month, the Seattle Opera held an event called “Jashin: A celebration of Afghan arts.” The event was created to highlight Afghan history, culture, and arts — topics that can be lost between ...

Erroneously known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan in fact served as the battlefield of the world. Long before the name Afghanistan appeared in written record, the region formed one of the ...

Poetry has a special place in the heart of Afghans. It has played a prominent role from the country's ancient history to its present day. But when the Taliban took over, many of Afghanistan’s most ...

The recent past has not been kind to Afghanistan's pre-Islamic heritage. Will history repeat itself under the new Taliban government? Just months before the Taliban was ousted from power in 2001, the ...

The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We can help keep Afghanistan’s music alive. Plus, Eliane Radigue’s deep listening, and the ...

Chairperson of the Art and Culture Development Foundation of Uzbekistan, Gayane Umerova, took part in the opening of the Empire of Light exhibition in Doha, dedicated to Afghanistan’s history and ...