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The Afghanistan Project PodcastMina Sharif, author of "Your War, Our Lives" - The Afghanistan Project Podcast Ep. 112Welcome to Episode 112 of The Afghanistan Project, where we cover all topics related to two decades of war in Afghanistan, and the fallout of our Afghanistan withdrawal. Today, my guest is Mina Sharif, author of the new shortstory collection Your War, Our Lives.Mina discusses the book’s reception among Westerners,Afghans in the diaspora, and Afghans who remain in the Taliban’s Afghanistan.We talk about the major themes in the stories, and end our conversation with a call to action for supporters of Afghan women, whose lives have been deeply impacted by t...
2025-09-291h 00
Halva for the Heart: Dying and Grieving in DiasporaLonging for HomelandIn this episode of Halva for the Heart, I share some tender reflections about home, homeland, and the grief of not quite belonging anywhere. After nearly ten years in Korea, I’ve realized I will always be a guest here—and that realization has stirred up so many questions for me: If not here, then where? What does it mean to feel at home in my body? What does it mean to be a settler on Turtle Island? And can I still call Iran my homeland if I’ve never truly known its land?Throught the episod...
2025-09-0543 min
The Inclusion Bites PodcastNavigating Dual Identities: Building Belonging Across Cultural Borders Navigating Dual Identities: Building Belonging Across Cultural Borders
Mina Sharif explores the complexities of dual identity, the challenges and enrichment of belonging across cultures, and the profound impact of storytelling and compassion in fostering genuine connection and understanding.
In this compelling episode of The Inclusion Bites Podcast, Joanne Lockwood is joined by Mina Sharif for a nuanced exploration of belonging across borders. Together, they unravel the complex realities faced by those living between cultures, particularly refugees and the forcibly displaced. Drawing from Mina’s experiences growing up in Canada after fleeing Afghanistan, returning as an...
2025-08-141h 00
#FempireEp 21: Your War, Our Lives - The Stories Behind the Headlines with Mina SharifAccomplished writer, advocate, and global bridge-builder Mina Sharif takes listeners on a powerful journey in this deeply moving conversation about identity, storytelling, and challenging dominant narratives.Her new book, Your War, Our Lives: Short Stories of the Afghan Experience, wasn’t born from a publishing plan but from a deeply personal desire to preserve memories and offer counter-narratives to the conflict-driven images of Afghanistan so often portrayed in Western media.“What I saw missing was what everyday life in Afghanistan looks and feels like,” Sharif shares, explai...
2025-08-1139 min
Halva for the Heart: Dying and Grieving in DiasporaNavigating Afghan Diaspora Identity with Mina SharifOn this episode of Halva for the Heart, I am thrilled to be interviewing Afghan-Canadian author Mina Sharif.Mina spent 15 years living and working in Kabul, Afghanistan. She’s the author of Your War, Our Lives, a short story collection that brings heart, humor, and nuance to everyday life in Afghanistan during the international occupation. Through her work, she shares the quieter, more human sides of conflict, and what it means to belong to more than one place at once. In this conversation, Mina and I speak about her new book...
2025-07-301h 11
The Gynarchy with Dr. Kirti PatelEpisode 17: Global Women’s Voices: Afghanistan with Mina SharifSend a textWelcome to another episode of The Gynarchy Podcast! Today, I am speaking to Afghan women’s rights activist and writer Mina Sharif about the dire situation of women and girls in Afghanistan.In “Episode 17: Global Women’s Voices: Afghanistan”, Mina brings her background, experience, and insights as an Afghan woman, volunteer, and advocate to share about the culture and life of women in Afghanistan, discuss the current challenges, and what we as global citizens and women's rights activists can do to support them.Here are some of the topics we discuss:
2025-03-0349 min
8am Media | پادکست ۸صبحInsights/22: Controlling the Narrative with Mina SharifControlling the Narrative
Lynne O’Donnell talks with Mina Sharif, author, activist, women’s rights campaigner, educator and mentor. They discuss who controls the narrative and who speaks for Afghanistan’s people when the Taliban appear to have seized control not only of the country but of the message, too.
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2024-11-0451 min8am Media | پادکست ۸صبحInsights/22: Controlling the Narrative with Mina SharifControlling the Narrative
Lynne O’Donnell talks with Mina Sharif, author, activist, women’s rights campaigner, educator and mentor. They discuss who controls the narrative and who speaks for Afghanistan’s people when the Taliban appear to have seized control not only of the country but of the message, too.
Have a listen
2024-11-0451 min
InsightsInsights/22: Controlling the Narrative with Mina Sharif
Controlling the Narrative
Lynne O’Donnell talks with Mina Sharif, author, activist, women’s rights campaigner, educator and mentor. They discuss who controls the narrative and who speaks for Afghanistan’s people when the Taliban appear to have seized control not only of the country but of the message, too.
Have a listen
2024-11-0451 min
El Último RefugioViaje emocional por el cine de aventuras (3a parte): 1990-2023.El equipo del Último Refugio, fanático del cine de aventuras por autonomasia, se dispone a comentar una lista de películas del género dividida por décadas, empezando por los años 30 hasta la actualidad.
Y como no podía ser de otra forma, Pol Martín y Josep Ciutat entablan una conversación cinéfila en la que se comentarán las películas de la lista, casting, guion y todo lo que las convierte en algo tan especial para ellos.
Las películas comentadas en este programa (1990-2024):
Robin Hood: Príncipe de los Ladrones (Robin Hood: Prince O...
2024-06-092h 26
OBS: RadioessänPostminne – när andras sår blöder i våra livEtt trauma sätter inte spår bara hos den som upplevt det, utan kan prägla flera generationer. Nazanin Raissi reflekterar över fenomenet som kallas postmemory, eller postminne på svenska. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Ursprungligen publicerad 2023-01-19.Fotoalbumets pärmar vilar mot bordet. Jag lösgör det svartvita familjefotografiet bakom det skyddande höljet och vänder på det. Baksidan täcks av text som strukits över med tä...
2023-10-3109 min
DipsausSpecial: Het belang van gendersensitieve noodhulp na de aardbeving in MarokkoOp de avond van 8 september werd Marokko getroffen door een zware aardbeving. Meer dan 2.000 mensen kwamen hierbij om het leven, talloze huizen in veelal kleine en lastig te bereiken dorpjes werden verwoest. Noodhulp kwam direct op gang, Marokkanen in de diaspora zetten diverse acties op, maar ook ngo's in het gebied gingen meteen aan de slag. In deze podcast praten acteur en presentator Nora Akachar en Lilith co-founder Hasna El Maroudi met schrijfster Aya Sabi en podcastmakers en hulpverlener Mariam El Maslouhi. Ze hebben het over het gebied, bespreken waarom noodhulp voor sommige dorpen langzaam op gang...
2023-09-1755 min
insideQuantumS2E11 - Quantum Cryptography with Dr Mina DoostiSend us a textHow can we use quantum mechanics to generate unbreakable encryption? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 11 of insideQuantum to find out!This week, Dr Mina Doosti, a Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, tells us all about her work in quantum cryptography, and what it will take to make the communications systems of the future quantum secure.Dr Doosti obtained her undergraduate degree from the Sharif University of Technology, followed by a PhD at the University of Edinburgh, and she is now a Chancellor’s Fellow at the...
2023-09-0442 min
Människor och troDet muslimska Jerusalem - en helig stad i klämTre religioner samsas i den heliga staden Jerusalem, på olika villkor. I den här delen hör du röster från några muslimska palestinier som beskriver sin verklighet. Detta är en repris från februari 2023. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. "När jag känner mig nere eller stressad kommer jag hit till Haram al-Sharif med mina barnbarn. Det är en plats där jag återfinner mitt lugn - en plats för muslimer" säger Iman."Tempelberget (Haram al-Sharif) är den mest potenta brännpunkten i den här konflikten...
2023-08-1744 min
Radio Resistance10 - Discourse Among the Diaspora — feat. Mina SharifIn this episode of the Radio Resistance Podcast, we are joined by our special guest Mina Sharif. We discussed the discourse amongst Afghanistan's diaspora on social media, and how we can stand together as a community and heal as nation.Mina Sharif was born in Afghanistan. When she was less than a year old, her family was forced to flee and eventually immigrated to Canada where she was raised. Mina was brought up in Toronto Canada. In early 2005, she travelled back to Afghanistan as a volunteer radio trainer working with women managed radio stations in various provinces...
2023-04-0549 min
AudioquinDiamante Del DesiertoÉl quería enseñarle lo abrasadora que podía llegar a ser una noche en el desierto…El futuro de la mina de diamantes de Skavanga estaba en peligro. Britt Skavanga necesitaba una inyección de capital cuanto antes, y un misterioso inversor árabe conocido como Emir estaba dispuesto a dársela… Britt viajaría al reino de Kareshi, situado en pleno desierto, para enfrentarse a su arrogante benefactor. Si ella llevaba los fríos diamantes del Ártico en la sangre, entonces la fina arena de esa tierra baldía corría por las venas del jeque S...
2023-03-183h 26Människor och troDet muslimska Jerusalem - en helig stad i klämTre religioner samsas i den heliga staden Jerusalem, på olika villkor. I den här delen hör du röster från några muslimska palestinier som beskriver sin verklighet. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. "När jag känner mig nere eller stressad kommer jag hit till Haram al-Sharif med mina barnbarn. Det är en plats där jag återfinner mitt lugn - en plats för muslimer" säger Iman."Tempelberget (Haram al-Sharif) är den mest potenta brännpunkten i den här konflikten, det är en plats som kan ryck...
2023-02-0844 min
Get Thousands of Audiobook Collection with Easy AccessListen to We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard by TbaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577612 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard
Author: Tba
Narrator: Hosna Jalil, Waslat Hasrat-Nasimi, Hila Limar, Rada Akbar, Fereshteh Forough, Manizha Wafeq, Mina Sharif, Mariam Safi, Nahid Shahalimi, Margaret Atwood
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 12 minutes
Release date: August 16, 2022
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban. After decades of significant progress...
2022-08-174h 12Grab Top-Rated Audiobooks in High QualityTba presents We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be HeardPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577612 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard
Author: Tba
Narrator: Hosna Jalil, Waslat Hasrat-Nasimi, Hila Limar, Rada Akbar, Fereshteh Forough, Manizha Wafeq, Mina Sharif, Mariam Safi, Nahid Shahalimi, Margaret Atwood
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 12 minutes
Release date: August 16, 2022
Genres: History & Culture
Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban. After decades of significant progress, the prospects...
2022-08-174h 12
Discover Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWe Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard by TbaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard Author: Tba Narrator: Hosna Jalil, Waslat Hasrat-Nasimi, Hila Limar, Rada Akbar, Fereshteh Forough, Manizha Wafeq, Mina Sharif, Mariam Safi, Nahid Shahalimi, Margaret Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban. After decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are...
2022-08-1610 min
Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWe Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard by TbaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard Author: Tba Narrator: Hosna Jalil, Waslat Hasrat-Nasimi, Hila Limar, Rada Akbar, Fereshteh Forough, Manizha Wafeq, Mina Sharif, Mariam Safi, Nahid Shahalimi, Margaret Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban. After decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are...
2022-08-1610 min
Discover This Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook — Perfect On Your Commute.We Are Still Here by Nahid Shahalimi - editor, Margaret Atwood - forewordPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/164652to listen full audiobooks.
Title: We Are Still Here
Author: Nahid Shahalimi - editor, Margaret Atwood - foreword
Narrator: Nahid Shahalimi, Margaret Atwood, Mina Sharif, Rada Akbar, Fereshteh Forough, Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi, Hosna Jalil, Hila Limar, Manizha Wafeq
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
Release date: 08-16-22
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Freedom & Security
Publisher's Summary:
After decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are once again dependent on radical Islamists who reject gender equality. When the United States announced the end of their twenty-year occupation and the...
2022-08-164h 14
Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsWe Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard by TbaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard Author: Tba Narrator: Hosna Jalil, Waslat Hasrat-Nasimi, Hila Limar, Rada Akbar, Fereshteh Forough, Manizha Wafeq, Mina Sharif, Mariam Safi, Nahid Shahalimi, Margaret Atwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban. After decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in...
2022-08-1610 min
Buena musica122 - Various – Arabic Chillout (2005)1-1 Pinky (4)– Still Waters 5:05
1-2 Aziz (3)– Return To The Pharoah 6:03
1-3 Leila (10)– Soul's Journey 4:02
1-4 Jawaba-a-Shikwa– You R The Light 5:16
1-5 Nur Al Din– Thank You 3:23
1-6 Fareeda– Gardens Of Wisdom 4:24
1-7 Dhanab Al Jady– Wild Wadi 3:51
1-8 Diya Al Din– Royal Mirage (Ritual Mix) 3:59
1-9 Yasmine*– Sunrise Ruby 5:24
1-10 Irfan Makki– Maghrib 3:53
2-1 Sharif (2)– Opia 4:05
2-2 Tarkan– Ma'sh Allah 5:35
2-3 Yahiya Emerick– In The Kasbar 4:46
2-4 The Noor– Glowing Desert 4:25
2-5 Tariq (5)– Spiritual Signs (Light Mix) 5:17
2-6 Al-Ghazali– Raqs Beledi 4:25
2-7 Asiya– Beli Lebedi 4:52
2-8 Balqis– Habibi 4:54
2-9 Mina Seyahi– Extravaganza Mix 4:46
2-10 Nurai Lita– Kafez 6:23
3-1 Mantra (25)– My Faith 4:06
3-2 Ruqayyah– Turkish Coffee 3...
2022-01-052h 21
Rev Left RadioReflections on Afghanistan: History, Culture, & the Struggle for Self DeterminationMina Sharif and Shamayel Shalizi join Breht to discuss and reflect on Afghan culture, history, political struggles, the diaspora, common misconceptions, the Afghanistan War and withdraw, and much more! Decolonial therapy parts 1- 4: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTAxNjc1NzM2ODk4Njc5?story_media_id=2560750183107113600&utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTAxNjc1NzM2ODk4Njc5?story_media_id=2560750183107113600&utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3ODU2ODM1Mjk1NTMyODM5?story_media_id=2571540248469085864&utm_medium=copy_link
2021-11-101h 17
Finding Humanity8. Out of the Shadows: Roya Mahboob on Defying the Taliban to Advance Women in TechnologyRoya Mahboob was born into a society where, under the tyrannical rule of the Taliban, women were increasingly invisible in public life. As a young girl, she lost her baby sister because her mother couldn't take her to a doctor without a male escort. Roya grew up in an environment where women were made to believe that they could never reach their full potential. Roya's life dramatically changed when she discovered computer technology, or what she called "the magic box that connected you to the world." She is now a tech entrepreneur and women's education advocate, becoming one of...
2020-07-1526 min
We're Just Talking About It's podcastReligions under fire, stereotypes and TV showsIn S2E9 we wrap up our conversation with Mina Sharif. We touch on a variety of topics, from how younger generations view religions and why it's important to have faith, especially in war-torn countries. Plus stereotypes Mina deals with being a Muslim woman who returned to Afghanistan after living in the West. Finally, we discuss a TV show Mina is working on, called Roya, about a Muslim woman in the work place. The show addresses Muslim culture stereotypes through comedy and entertainment.
2019-05-2424 min
We're Just Talking About It's podcastThe Blurred Line Between Religion and Culture in IslamWelcome to S2E8 of WJTA. We are back with Mina Sharif, a muslim woman who left Afghanistan with her family at the age of one. Decades later, an unexpected family tragedy brought her back to Kabul, the city she left behind. Mina discusses what it was like rediscovering Afghanistan and its culture, plus we discuss if religion and its text are open to interpretation. We hope you enjoy this episode! Email us at wjtanc@gmail.com
2019-05-1020 min
We're Just Talking About It's podcastWhen Religion and Culture CollideThis is S2E7 of WJTA. This week we have a brand new guest on the show, Mina Sharif. Mina was born in Afghanistan but she and her family fled when she was just a year old. Decades later, Mina built a successful career in communications and filmmaking. She made the decision to return to Afghanistan as an adult and it was life-changing. In this episode we discuss if it's possible for religion and culture to be separated not only for Muslims, but all religions and what happens when religion and cultures collide.
2019-04-2627 min
Waves BreakingInterview with Chase BerggrunIn this episode I got to speak to Chase Berggrun about their new book R E D (Birds, LLC, 2018). Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in POETRY, Pinwheel, PEN Poetry Series, Sixth Finch, Diagram, The Offing, Prelude, Beloit Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. They received their MFA from New York University. They are Poetry Editor at Big Lucks. Chase's website Chase's Twitter Go Buy R E D List of things and people mentioned in this episode: Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula Dodie Bellamy’s The Letters of Mina...
2018-09-0141 min
See Something Say SomethingEpisode 48: A Very Afghan New YearNowruz Mubarak! Whether you call it Persian New Year, the Spring Equinox, or something else, it’s a time for renewal and refresh celebrated by folks from Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, and more. And so we decided to take a deeper look at how Afghan immigrants celebrate the holiday. First, we talk to political analyst Muhammad Shafiq Hamdam for a quick explainer on Nowruz and its history. Then, we talk to Mina Maqsudi about celebrating Nowruz away from home and learning from her Farsi students. Finally, our producer Rona Akbari chats with Ahmed about the joy of the haft sin.
2018-03-2327 min