On the Way
Thoughts and reflections on literature, language, culture, society, religion and politics
Apr 22, 2025
The Business of Deception: Zahid Safi and the Liberal Party's Rotten Pitch
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The rotten stench is rising from the corpse of the Australian Liberal Party’s pitch for the division of Bruce for the upcoming federal elect...
Apr 18, 2025
The Afghans Who Bring the Persecution of Hazaras to Australia
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Here are the six individuals, along with some background, who co-authored the 2021 parliamentary submission (see page 3, document number 4...
Apr 17, 2025
Radion Azadi: Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Power (Part V)
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In my previous posts , I discussed corruption within the RFE/RL bureau, specifically Radio Azadi, in Kabul. I also alluded to another seriou...
Apr 8, 2025
Spring is here
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This morning, I was walking along a winding path through the university campus until I reached the bottom of the hill. From there, I followe...
Apr 1, 2025
Radio Azadi: The Hazara Exclusion (Part IV)
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It would have been better if Radio Azaid, the Afghanistan Service, had been renamed Radio of Pashtuns. Radio Azadi, which means a free radio...
Mar 27, 2025
Radio Azadi: Amplifying Hazara Discrimination in Afghanistan (Part III)
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On January 20, 2015, Radio Azadi, the Afghanistan Service, purposefully published a parnicious video report from Herat, located in western ...
Mar 24, 2025
Radio Azadi: an Office Enmeshed in a Heist (Part II)
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In my previous post , I wrote about theft at Radio Azadi. Here’s an example: The RFE/RL Afghanistan bureau in Kabul had just moved from the ...
Mar 20, 2025
Radio Azadi: An Organization Mired in Moral and Financial Corruption (Part I)
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When Kari Lake was nominated as a special advisor to the United States Agency for Global Media, some media outlets reported that Trump had a...
Mar 14, 2025
On the origin of the Hazara people
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Photo source: x/twitter One of the questions that has preoccupied the minds of contemporary Hazaras is: Who are we, and where do we come fro...
Mar 9, 2025
What is a refugee? (poem)
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I found this following refugee poem by chance. It is by an Afghanistani poet, Raziq Faani, and I thought I would regret it later if I did no...
Feb 12, 2025
Hazara Women Subjectivity and Digital Narratives
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If you are in the Washington D.C. area, you should definitely consider attending this remarkable event: " Hazara Women of Afghanistan S...
Aug 3, 2024
The invisible beings
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On Highway 5 South, I was returning from San Jose. I stopped at a rest stop, which has now become a habit, I can't and shouldn't mis...
Feb 18, 2023
Racial Slur in Afghanistan: Equating Hazaras with Dogs
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No one comes short regarding the prejudice and dehumanization of the Hazara people in Afghanistan. Since the takeover of Afghanistan by the ...
Jan 1, 2023
The problem of Bacha bazi through an anthropological lens
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In the midst of the ongoing violence against women in Afghanistan by the Taliban, an article by Ali Abdi, a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology ...
Sep 27, 2022
At the Inspiration Point: soundscape, vision and what is observable
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Not long ago, I walked here with a young novelist who I befriended recently. Since then, I have been coming every once in a while, especiall...
Jun 29, 2022
Extrajudicial Killings of Hazaras by the Taliban
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Some terrible news come from Afghanistan. In the past two days, the Taliban militants waged an attack on Balkhab, a Hazara district in north...
May 31, 2022
Quotes By and About Women in Afghanistan Under the Taliban 20 Years Ago
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It's sad, extremely sad to see what is happening to women in Afghanistan. Nothing has changed in the Taliban's strategies and views ...
May 24, 2022
The biggest concern for Hazaras
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Personally, I am less worried about the recent Taliban's restrictions on women appearing on TV or in public in that matter. What makes m...
May 13, 2022
Why should we oppose the release of Afghanistan's reserves to the Taliban?
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I am personally against the transfer of the former Afghanistan's government reserves ($7 billion) to the Taliban, for two reasons: 1) T...
May 11, 2022
Afghanistani men who evacuated with multiple wives
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In early September of 2021, AP reported that there were potentially young girls among evacuees who were forced to marry older men to escape ...
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