{"id":507,"date":"2021-11-03T19:17:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T19:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/?p=507"},"modified":"2021-11-03T19:17:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T19:17:32","slug":"symposium-on-the-situation-of-afghan-civil-society-activities-after-the-taliban-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Symposium on the situation of Afghan civil society activities after the Taliban take over"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arts in Dark Times: Endangered in&nbsp;Afghanistan<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/0c7108fa-3345-4a38-8cec-e6e873e6d58b\" alt=\"image.png\" title=\"null\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kabul&nbsp;wall mural: ArtLords<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday 13<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;November 2021 from 2 to 5.30 pm<\/strong><br><strong>Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>University of London<\/strong><br><strong>Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>WC1H 0XG<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(tube: Russell Square)<\/strong><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>with&nbsp;Dr James Caron (academic), Reza Mohammedi (poet), Abdul Sulamal (writer), Index on Censorship, Suhrab Sirat (poet), Dr Zuzanna Olszewska (academic), Karim Haidari (journalist &amp; novelist), Dr Fatemeh Shams (academic), Milad Yousofi (musician), and others tba.<\/strong><br><br><strong>Artists and writers in&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Afghanistan<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;face imminent danger under the renewed Taliban regime. This symposium will focus on the state of Afghan arts, particularly writers and literature, under the two Taliban regimes and the period in between. Beyond simplistic generalisations presented by the media, lie multiple narratives of resistance that will be explored in the symposium.<\/strong><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>It aims not only to provide a platform for diverse voices, and to increase knowledge and awareness, but also to generate activism.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exiledwriters.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.exiledwriters.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREE SYMPOSIUM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Register now with&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:exiledwritersink@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exiledwritersink@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&nbsp;<br>Dr Jennifer LangerFounding Director Exiled Writers Ink<a href=\"http:\/\/www.exiledwriters.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.exiledwriters.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&nbsp;<br>Dr Jennifer LangerFounding Director Exiled Writers Ink<a href=\"http:\/\/www.exiledwriters.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.exiledwriters.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Arts in Dark Times: Endangered in&nbsp;Afghanistan Kabul&nbsp;wall mural: ArtLords Saturday 13th&nbsp;November 2021 from 2 to 5.30 pmKhalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS&nbsp;University of LondonThornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London&nbsp;WC1H 0XG&nbsp;(tube: Russell Square)&nbsp;with&nbsp;Dr James Caron (academic), Reza&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-researches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rouhi-shafii.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}