These days, there is fear, more than ever, of Afghanistan reverting to what it was in the years from 1996 to 2001 when art and the artists’ right to survive was threatened.
With Taliban fighters making advances rapidly over the past few days and strategic border crossings falling to the militant group, there is ever-growing concern over Afghanistan possibly experiencing a situation like what it was between 1996 and 2001, when the Taliban ruled over Afghans and when the first group whose right to live was threatened by the militant group’s rule was women, with artists next in line.
The Khabar Online website has, in a report, taken a glance at the lives of a number of Afghan artists currently residing in Iran.
There are quite a few men and women living in Iran who are inheritors of the Afghan art and culture.
They are those who have been through tough times and whose start point in life is far cry from that of any other man or woman in developed countries.
Nevertheless, not only have they filled this gap, they have also got ahead of others in this path.
Najib Mayel Heravi
He finished his higher education studies in the Persian Language and Literature at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
After working for some time, he came to Tehran where he started to conduct research, study bibliography, edit texts and teach at the Institute for Islamic Research.
He has been cooperating with different institutions such as the Library of the Iranian Parliament, the Mahmoud Afshar Endowments Foundation and the Institute for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia, conducting research into Islamic mysticism and manuscripts.
Mayel Heravi has also worked with Astan Quds Razavi (an organization which manages the Imam Reza shrine and various institutions which belong to the organization), the Research Centre for Written Heritage and the research department of the Library of the Iranian Parliament.
He is a researcher at the library, has compiled numerous books and has authored articles for the Institute for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia.
Renowned Afghan Poet Living in Iran
In addition to writing poems, Kazemi has also been involved in teaching poetry, holding literary circles for Afghan immigrants in Iran, publishing reviews and articles in the press, and compiling and editing books on the Persian language and literature.
He has, furthermore, served as the authority in charge of the Afghan Office of Arts and Literature (1990-1996),
a member of the editorial boards of two publications, the chairman of a meeting on poetry review and research held by the Arts Department of Khorasan Razavi province, and the chairman of a poetry session in Mashhad.
The Mahmoudi Brothers
These two brothers are from Afghanistan’s Parwan province. Navid was born in 1977 and Jamshid in 1983. In addition to working as a film producer and director, Navid Mahmoudi is a writer and poet, too, and has taken part in upwards of 100 international film festivals.
They have received prestigious awards from both Iranian and international film festivals in recent years.
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