Fragmented Futures: Afghanistan 100 Years Later (zine)
Fragmented Futures: Afghanistan 100 Years Later (zine)
Zine, 2019, Edited by Sahar Muradi and Malahat Zhobin.
This zine was created specifically for the exhibit “Fragmented Futures: Afghanistan 100 Years Later” which employed art, writing, film, and scholarship to probe the ongoing consequences of foreign intervention in Afghanistan as well as the future of its diaspora. The zine includes art and writing and serves as a unique creative artifact illustrating the vibrant public life and community building that takes place in the Afghan diaspora.
Artists and Writers Featured: Leeza Ahmady, Arash Azizzada, Mojib Ghaznawi, Mehdia Hassan, Brian Higbee, Seelai Karzai, Hanna Kherzai, Jamil Kochai, Deeva Momand, Neda Olomi, Mohammad Sabir Sabir, Susan Saleh, Malahat Zhobin, Sara Zhobin, and Wazina Zondon.
The Afghan American Artists and Writers Association is a collective that organizes community exhibitions, creative workshops, and public commentaries in order to showcase pivotal diasporic works to a broad audience. Based in North America, AAAWA aims to amplify work that critically analyzes discourse on Afghanistan in the U.S. mainstream, where Afghan voices are routinely ignored or reduced to cultural tropes. Through its forums, AAAWA illuminates a multiplicity of issues ranging from hybrid identities to gender and sexuality to the multigenerational impacts of war, including the ongoing ramifications of U.S. imperialism and capitalism. We see ourselves connected through not only our ancestral ties, but also through a shared vision for social justice for marginalized communities globally. We are Afghans, Muslims, and/or queer Americans with intersectional identities.