On the Way

sporadic thoughts and reflections of an anthropology phd student

Oct 24, 2025

The commerce of suffering

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During the chaotic withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, thousands of people stormed the Kabul airport. In a desper...
Oct 17, 2025

Directly from manufacturing consent playbook

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This is directly from the manufacturing consent playbook. We should appreciate headlines like this that allow us to read between the lines. 
Oct 12, 2025

Negotiating their own genocide

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The world we live in now has become more Orwellian than Orwell's. Palestinians have been forced to negotiate to end their own genocide. ...
Oct 9, 2025

Fascist regimes and ways of legitimizing

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Today, on my way to the library, I was speaking with a friend on the phone. He asked me a question about the recent Taliban's digital au...
Oct 5, 2025

How seeds of greed are planted in children

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Yesterday, I saw Amir my newphew's homework. The title of one of his readings was "Needs and Wants." He had answered one of th...
Oct 1, 2025

Afghanistan's internet blackout and the anatomy of fascism

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For the past few days, I have not been able to talk to my family members, and like me, thousands of diaspora Afghanistanis have not been abl...
Sep 25, 2025

September 25 Hazara Genocide Remembrance Day

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A report dated 10/19/1983 records that Amir Abdul Rahman Khan sold 10,000 captive Hazaras as slaves. September 25 of each year marks the rem...
Sep 18, 2025

How to explain the meaning of "citizen" to a 6th grader?

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My nephew Amir is ten years old and in the sixth grade. Yesterday, during a WhatsApp call, he asked me what the meaning of "citizen...
Sep 10, 2025

Hazaras and their enthusiasm as a weapon against evil

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Below is an image that went viral on social media among Afghanistanis. It shows a group of Hazara doctors volunteers from Dasht-e Barchi, a ...
Sep 7, 2025

Afghanistan earthquake: men are saved while women left under rubble

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A second earthquake brought more devastation to Afghanistanis in the Southern part of the country. Now the death toll has passed 1,400 , and...
Sep 3, 2025

Buried twice: women and earthquake

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According to Reuters , the estimated death toll of the earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has exceeded 1,400, and more than 3,100 injuri...
Aug 15, 2025

Four years after Kabul fell: remembering Hazara struggle and survival

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Afghanistan's modern history is shaped by significant violent events, wars, coups, and foreign invasions. One such event took place on A...
Jul 28, 2025

Hazara forced displacement and genocide in Afghanistan

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American anthropologist Louis Dupree, in the early 1980s, coined the term "migratory genocide" in reference to the Soviet invasion...
Jun 6, 2025

What is homeland? an Iraqi poem

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My early education began with poetry recitation. And so goes the answer when people have asked me, so far, what made me interested in poetry...
May 30, 2025

The end of VOA

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It seems Voice of America is finally close to being completely dismantled . Two days ago, a federal court in Washington, D.C., declared it w...
May 26, 2025

Kabuli Authentic Afghan Cuisine & Cafe in Saskatoon

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There is an "Afghan" restaurant in Saskatoon, Canada. It is called "Kabuli Authentic Afghan Cuisine & Café" or ...
May 17, 2025

Arezo Zoe Safi, Identity Misuse, and the Defamatory Submission Targeting Hazaras

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Recently, I became aware that some individuals whose names appeared as authors of a notorious submission , one laden with falsehoods, accusa...
May 10, 2025

When a Lawyer Spreads Harm: Arezo Zoe Safi’s hostile rhetoric against the Hazara community

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In my earlier post , I forgot to mention an important point: Arezo Zoe Safi is actively spreading hatred and hostility toward the Hazara com...
May 5, 2025

Ignored warnings, predictable fallout: Lessons for the Liberal Party

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The guy got trounced. I’m talking about Zahid Safi, the same man who attempted to enter the Australian Parliament under false pretenses. He ...
May 2, 2025

The echoes of Hazara persecution in Australia

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In my previous post, when I wrote that Afghans brought the persecution of the Hazaras to Australia, there was a reason. Clear signs of this ...
May 1, 2025

You can’t fake your way into parliament

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Afghans, and more precisely, in this case, a small number of Pashtuns residents of Bruce, are now rallying to support Zahid Safi. His campai...
Apr 29, 2025

Fake it to break it: The Zahid Safi Liberal Candidate Debacle

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In my previous post , I wrote: “The rotten stench is rising from the corpse of the Australian Liberal Party’s pitch for the division of Bruc...
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

Radio 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...
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