Activities
Opening Ceremony of Memento
The Festival is organized by the team of the cultural initiative diyalog (the Mahalla Festival) in cooperation with the Kite-Runner program supported the International Media Support – IMS – and the Cultural Ministry of Austria.
“AY KASH / ای کاش / IF ONLY / Keşke”
“AY KASH / ای کاش / IF ONLY / Keşke” – A Theatre event of the ‘Under the Starry Afghan Sky’ collective in association with Cosmino Productions at the Tatavla Stage as part of the Mahalla Festival in Istanbul.
Sand Castles
Shakiba Nazari and Marjan Wafa got selected to participate in “Sand Castles”. An exhibition at Merkezkaç Art collective in Dıyarbakır. Based on the concepts
News
Shakiba Nazari: The Story Of My Life
Video-Portrait of Shakiba Nazari. She is an Afghan women’s- and human rights activist in exile in France. She is one of the authors of the Kite Runner media hub.
Zholia Parsi: The Taliban’s prisons are like Hell
By Somaia Valizadeh Zholia Parsi and her son spent three months in Taliban prison On September 27, 2023, the Taliban intelligence organization raided the
Echoes of Independence
By Zuhal Faizy Translation by Shahzad Mudasir Echoes of Independence: Reflections on a Lost Homeland The sun has raised its golden skirt
Movies
Screenings
![KABUL CITY IN THE WIND | Trailer deutsch german [HD]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hk3ezV-6Y94/maxresdefault.jpg)
The Istanbul based association Diyalog in cooperation with the
International Media Support (IMS) started in August 2022 the Kite
Runner activities in Istanbul. 2023 the program will continue with language courses, film screenings, digital storrytelling lab, a working group for female journalists and much more.
Digital Storytelling
Sand Castles
Shakiba Nazari and Marjan Wafa got selected to participate in “Sand Castles”. An exhibition at Merkezkaç Art collective in Dıyarbakır. Based on the concepts
Recording of the Storytelling Lab June 15th
Recording of the Storytelling Lab about podcast production. During the session on June 15th Fariba Nawa talked about podcast production, production tools, hosting platforms and
Storytelling Lab May 18th
This week we will have another session in the frame of the Storytelling Lab with Hasti Poodforoosh.
Working Group for Women Journalists
Shakiba Nazari: The Story Of My Life
Video-Portrait of Shakiba Nazari. She is an Afghan women’s- and human rights activist in exile in France. She is one of the authors of the Kite Runner media hub.
Neda Perwani: They Can’t Silence Us
The Taliban is taking semi-naked and naked photos and videos of imprisoned women who are vocal human rights defenders.
Funding Opportunities for Afghan Journalists
Funding offers journalists a wide range of opportunities to grow as media professionals, gain reporting experience, publish projects, and be recognized for remarkable work.
Restart – Empower Women Media- Shakila Ebrahimkhil
Short interview by Somaia Valizadeh with Shakila Ibrahimkhalil in Germany about her time in Afghanistan and her move to Germany.
Maryam Soltani
Women are deprived from Healthcare by the Ban on Female Students A report by Selsela Imamzadeh Maryam Soltani was a medical student at Khatam
Afghanistan: Burial Ground of Women’s Hopes
Simin and Parvin live on the Barchi road west of Kabul. It is the place where the two young women have grown. Most of them are middle-class and from the Shiite minority of the Hazara, but likewise, they are poor when it comes to income.