Activities
Ruchi Kumar
This week we will have Ruchi Kumar as our guest at the Women Working Group online on May 3rd at 5 pm and at the Storytelling Lab on May 4th at 5 pm at postane, Istanbul.
Storytelling Lab
Next Saturday, April 27th at 5 pm, Istanbul, we will have our next session of the Digital Storytelling Lab at GBC Pol Center in Levent. During the session, we will discuss the details of the upcoming program, the new activities Kite-Runner is going to offer and new team members.
Resilience in Exile
Public Event with Documentaries, Animation-Film, Podcasts and Photography, Paintings, Drawings and Cartoons. See bright colours, which no darkness can overshadow.
News
Women Rights Activist Zarifa Yaqoubi
The Taliban torture and imprison women protesters in Afghanistan, and they’re trying to silence the voices of those fighting for rights and justice. One of
Podcast Studio
Listen to the first episodes of the Kite Runner podcasts shows: Rights and Resilience, Untold: Stories with Shahzad and Voices of the Afghan Art Scene.
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.