Alive in Sudan Books, a Refuge in War On December 23rd, the Qanadeel Cultural Forum inaugurated the El-Daein Library, housed in the El-Daein Cultural Club. The library opened with more than 1,100 books gifted to the program by Stella Gaetano, an author born in Khartoum who is now a citizen of South Sudan.
AliveinLibya Get Lost in Sabratha's Theatre Situated on Libya's Mediterranean coast, the historic city of Sabratha and its Roman theatre have outlasted numerous civilizations, bearing witness to centuries of change.
OneDayinAfghanistan The Girls in Hiding; A Cafe for Women In Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan’s province, a group of girls opened “The Hidden Girls’ Cafe”, a restaurant exclusively for women. In addition to offering local food, the cafe provides a safe space for social interaction between women.
Access to Education Education, an Afghan Conundrum They were told school is not for them, that it’s bad for a girl to seek education, and were made to sit at home at a young age. Now, these Afghan women above 40 years in age share accounts of their crushed hopes.
Yemen These Houses are More Than Homes This week, take a stroll through the traditional stone houses of Sana'a, Yemen with Mohamed Algadi.
OneDayinAfghanistan Community of Hazaras Living Among Pashtuns A small community of Hazaras lives peacefully in Garmser, a Pashtun-dominated district of southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Residents of the village talk of the strong relationship between the two ethnic groups.
OneDayinAfghanistan Afghan Glassblower Keeps Art From Dying Ghulam Sakhi has been a glassblower in western Afghanistan’s Herat province for 40 years, but this craft has been a part of his family for generations. Sakhi now harbors the fear that the artform will perish with him; his final wish, after his passing, is for the art to survive.
Art This is my Job: Blind Musician Earns Living on the Street Tafirenyika Dube has been playing music since he was a young boy in Gweru. These days he can be found outside the Pioneer House Building, playing music to earn his living.
Culture Hopeless Brides and Refugee Grooms #Afghan women lament the exorbitant dowry amounts incurred after their engagement, saying “absurd” cultural norms create a variety of issues, including domestic violence and termination of their marriage.
Yemen A Tour Between the Alleys of the Old City of Sana'a By Mohamed Algadi, edited by Radi Dhan and Brian Conley An ancient city, let this photo essay take you on a tour back in time when you pass through Sana'a's gates. Every meter and every stone has a story to tell. We hope you enjoy this
OneDayinAfghanistan Portraits as Protest Atena Sultani is a talented artist from Herat who, through her paintings, strives to reflect the voices of girls deprived of education and women deprived of work after the fall of the previous Afghan government in August 2021.
OneDayinAfghanistan Housework; the Only Option for Women Golsum Bibi is an illiterate Afghan woman in her mid-twenties. The sweet dish she makes is famous among villagers but Afghanistan’s recent economic crisis has put a damper on her business.
Economy Recycling Trash into Art Standing along the highway just outside Newlands Shopping Centre, Joseph Chiyambukira displays his wares for passersby to peruse and purchase at their leisure. For as long as he can remember Mr. Chiyambukira’s father Chiyambukira Takawira has been making handicrafts for sale at this market.
AliveinLibya Images of Tripoli's Al-Madina Al-Madina, Tripoli's old city, is a vibrant and historic neighborhood filled with ancient mosques and churches, gates, and narrow alleyways that are steeped in centuries of history and culture.
Diary A Deep Love for Children, Crushed Couple Sara Jafari and Rasool Fallah created a daycare center aimed at providing a nurturing and loving environment for children until the rug pulled from under their feet, leaving them lost and hopeless.
Afghanistan Reading Poetry on the Longest Night Shab-e Yalda celebrates the longest night of the year, it is an important festival for Afghan, Iranian, Tajik, Kurdish, and Azeri communities, regarded as a time of blessings and the resurgence of love and the sun.
OneDayinAfghanistan Her Studio is Her Whole World Diba Naseri’s world and her place of imagination is the tiny room she spends her time painting in. She is happy when she is painting, and nothing, not even the errors and mistakes in those paintings can take her out of her happy place.
Fashion Salon Eliminates Hair and Ignorance Customers waiting their turn at a salon in western Afghanistan’s Badghis province could take the time to read a book from the small library, an initiative by the owner who regrets not finishing school.
OneDayinAfghanistan Weaving a Life From Reeds and Straw Small, agricultural-based businesses are suffering the impact of Afghanistan’s economic crisis and the persistent drought devastating communities across the poverty-stricken country.
Culture Woman Opens First Bookstore in Badakhshan A woman in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan has opened the province’s first bookstore aiming to promote the culture of reading among the public.
Culture Fashion Changes with the Government Afghans are transitioning more and more towards wearing Afghan clothes following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August of 2021.
Women A Free Library for Women to Learn A female-owned library in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul recently opened its doors hoping it could provide a space for girls barred from seeking education to study there.
OneDayinAfghanistan Female Baker Makes Famous Cookies Sakina Jamali is a 40 year-old baker who has been in the business of making the famous Badakhshani cookies for the past 16 years in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province.
Women Embroidery; the Delicate Art of Resistance Nargis Mahmoodi and her five children work every day as embroiderers to earn livelihood for their family in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province.
Culture Book Exhibition Revitalizes Afghans’ Hopes Female volunteers in #Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province organized a book exhibition aimed at promoting the culture of reading nearly a year after the Taliban takeover.
