KITE RUNNER

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Activities

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

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News

Theocratic Torturers and Rapists

By Somaia Valizadeh   Human rights defenders, particularly women’s rights activists, are frequently subjected to systematic gender-based violence within the Taliban’s prisons.   Hundreds of

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House No 30, Kabul

Film screening of House No 30, Kabul – a documentary by The Guardian about the Afghan Newspaper Etilaat Roz in the frame of the Kite-Runner activities in Istanbul.

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Queen Soraya and King Amanullah

Soraya Tarzi (1899-1968) was the first queen of Afghanistan as the wife of King Amanullah Khan between 1919-1929 and played a major part in the modernization reforms of her husband.

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Movies

The Istanbul based association Diyalog in cooperation with the
International Media Support (IMS) started in August 2022 the Kite
Runner activities in Istanbul. 2024 the program continued with language courses, film screenings, a digital storytelling lab, a working group for women journalists and much more.

Digital Storytelling

Podcast Production

Recording of the Crossmedia Lab dedicated to Podcast Production on April 26th at Eğitim Kültür ve Yardımlaşma Derneği in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul and online.

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Happy New Year

The Kite-Runner team wishes a Happy New Year and expresses its gratitude to all those who participated in the Kite-Runner program in 2024 and supported our activities.

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Working Group for Women Journalists

My Burka and Me

Dr. Huda Hashimi performs during the Event, “New Voices from Afghanistan”, 29.11.24, at the Yuvakimyon Greek Girls School during the Mahalla Festival Memento.  She puts herself in the shoes of a teenager who doesn’t understand why she has to wear the burka. 

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