Essays

A Reckoning of the Generation of the Bridge: A reply to Omar Sharifi on exile and responsibility

My friend Omar Sharifi has written an essay that deserves slow reading and calm debate. In “On Exile, Moral Reckoning, and Afghanistan’s Cosmopolitan Elite,”¹ he holds up a mirror to those of us who grew …

On Exile, Moral Reckoning, and the Afghanistan’s Cosmopolitan Elite

The Mirror We Refuse to Hold There is a particular kind of comfort in waiting. For many of us — the Afghan professionals, civil society leaders, journalists, academics, and activists who left after August 2021 …

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