Activities
Drawing Workshop with Nora Byrne
Nora Byrne, an Istanbul-based American artist, teaches observational drawing techniques used for different forms of digital storytelling to Afghan participants living in various countries.
Retrograde
Public Film Screening in the Frame of the Kite Runner Activities with Retrograde. Retrograde captures the final nine months of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan from multiple perspectives.
Tenancy Law in Turkey
At the Advocacy Workshop next Tuesday we will discuss the rights of tenants regarding rental law in Turkey.
News
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.
My Pencil Fights Injustice
I remember being between 7–8 years old. We had a tiny black-and-white TV. One day, a show about the life of a Palestinian cartoonist named Naji Ali was shown on TV. Every scene of his life seemed to overlap with mine, which impressed me greatly…
Fleeing Kabul
Nasera Faryabi is an Afghan Journalist. She had to leave the country in 2021 when the Taliban toppled the former government.
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
Storytelling Lab
Next Saturday, April 20th at 5 pm Istanbul, we will have our next session of the Digital Storytelling Lab at postane. During the session, we will discuss the details of the upcoming program and the new activities Kite-Runner is going to offer with new team members.
Drawing Workshop – March 9th, 2024
Watch the video recording of the Drawing Workshop with Nora Byrne.
Drawing session with Nora Byrne
Colors are considered very emotional – they can define the psychological effect of a piece. Nora Byrne explains the different characters of colors and how to use them in drawings and paintings. Watch the recording of the session.
Working Group for Female Journalists
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
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.
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.
The Ban on Beauty
By Maela Sanmartin (Text) and Homaira Afghani (Drawing) Progressive closings have made the streets look emptier, and even women’s faces have been covered with
My Pencil Fights Injustice
I remember being between 7–8 years old. We had a tiny black-and-white TV. One day, a show about the life of a Palestinian cartoonist named Naji Ali was shown on TV. Every scene of his life seemed to overlap with mine, which impressed me greatly…
Return To Zero
As a child Shokria was a “Bacha Posh”, a girl that was supposed to appear and act like a boy. Anyway, allthough of all this hardship she found her path, but got suddenly back to zero forced by the Taliban.