Afghans Empowered

Afghans Empowered sits down with team members from the award-winning organization, Skateistan. This organization seeks to empower children in underprivileged communities through the power of skateboarding and education. Since its inception, Skateistan has impacted thousands of children in Afghanistan, South Africa, and Cambodia. We journey through the discussion of operations in Afghanistan, with a focus on the programs that help students accelerate their academic skills with the help of Skateistan. Providing life long skills to help students flourish after graduating from their many programs, Skateistan’s community-dependent strategies ensures that solutions are drive and led by Afghan men and women, to promote community self reliance. 

Afghans Empowered sits down with team members from the award-winning organization, Skateistan. This organization seeks to empower children in underprivileged communities through the power of skateboarding and education. Since its inception, Skateistan has impacted thousands of children in Afghanistan, South Africa, and Cambodia. We journey through the discussion of operations in Afghanistan, with a focus on the programs that help students accelerate their academic skills with the help of Skateistan. Providing life long skills to help students flourish after graduating from their many programs, Skateistan’s community-dependent strategies ensures that solutions are drive and led by Afghan men and women, to promote community self reliance. 

In this episode, join us as we highlight what Afghans Empowered has been up to recently. This episode is to help you stay up to date with all our Q+A’s, and to once again thank all the fantastic guests who’ve come onto our podcast to discuss their projects and organizations. We’ve learned so much from our experiences so far, and can’t wait to continue expanding our community outreach to connect ourselves with our Afghan communities worldwide. Stay tuned for regular updates as we begin preparing to expand our organization to invite more team members! We’ll be updating our followers soon on ways to intern and volunteer with Afghans Empowered. Finally, this episode is just a way for us to thank all our listeners and supporters, because you are the ones that motivate us to continue driving our mission. 

In this episode, join us as we highlight what Afghans Empowered has been up to recently. This episode is to help you stay up to date with all our Q+A’s, and to once again thank all the fantastic guests who’ve come onto our podcast to discuss their projects and organizations. We’ve learned so much from our experiences so far, and can’t wait to continue expanding our community outreach to connect ourselves with our Afghan communities worldwide. Stay tuned for regular updates as we begin preparing to expand our organization to invite more team members! We’ll be updating our followers soon on ways to intern and volunteer with Afghans Empowered. Finally, this episode is just a way for us to thank all our listeners and supporters, because you are the ones that motivate us to continue driving our mission. 

In this episode, we get the chance to chat with the talented Ariana Abawe, or better known as Ariana the Journalist. As a British-Afghan journalist from the UK, Ariana’s work explores the Afghan identity from both the diaspora and in the motherland. She has an extensive journalist portfolio: publishing, collaborating, and co-creating projects that showcase a wide variety of mediums in journalism. Her latest project, the center topic of focus for this conversation, is the release of the first issue of her brand new magazine, Ariana Magazine. The magazine is available in both physical, and digital print. This magazine is filled from page to page, with inspiring, fun, and engaging content that highlights Afghan identity, culture, and excellence in a wide range of industries. Ariana’s mission is to provide a voice for representing the beauty of Afghanistan and the heritages founded from its diverse lands.  Ariana’s careful curation of this issue really shines through and we discuss her journey, inspiration, and methods for creating her first issue. Tune in as we talk all things identity, representation, and magazines! 

In this episode, we get the chance to chat with the talented Ariana Abawe, or better known as Ariana the Journalist. As a British-Afghan journalist from the UK, Ariana’s work explores the Afghan identity from both the diaspora and in the motherland. She has an extensive journalist portfolio: publishing, collaborating, and co-creating projects that showcase a wide variety of mediums in journalism. Her latest project, the center topic of focus for this conversation, is the release of the first issue of her brand new magazine, Ariana Magazine. The magazine is available in both physical, and digital print. This magazine is filled from page to page, with inspiring, fun, and engaging content that highlights Afghan identity, culture, and excellence in a wide range of industries. Ariana’s mission is to provide a voice for representing the beauty of Afghanistan and the heritages founded from its diverse lands.  Ariana’s careful curation of this issue really shines through and we discuss her journey, inspiration, and methods for creating her first issue. Tune in as we talk all things identity, representation, and magazines! 

In this episode, Afghans Empowered sits down with local freelance artist, Deeva Momand, who’s better known as @TheAfghanDiva. This local artist from Southern California captures the attention of a niche audience with her subjects and themes, and for all the right reasons! Her artwork incorporates pop culture, with Afghan culture. Many of her subjects from her digital media collection showcase Afghan femininity and masculinity. Join us as we sit down and talk about her artwork, her inspirations, and reflect upon the representation of Afghans in the world of art. No matter what path Deeva decides to take, she fully embraces her love for art and understands how her work has struck a chord with her followers, who love to see digital media represent a unique identity, within the modern context. TheAfghanDiva can be found on Instagram, and to purchase her prints, check out her Etsy page! 

In this episode, Afghans Empowered sits down with local freelance artist, Deeva Momand, who’s better known as @TheAfghanDiva. This local artist from Southern California captures the attention of a niche audience with her subjects and themes, and for all the right reasons! Her artwork incorporates pop culture, with Afghan culture. Many of her subjects from her digital media collection showcase Afghan femininity and masculinity. Join us as we sit down and talk about her artwork, her inspirations, and reflect upon the representation of Afghans in the world of art. No matter what path Deeva decides to take, she fully embraces her love for art and understands how her work has struck a chord with her followers, who love to see digital media represent a unique identity, within the modern context. TheAfghanDiva can be found on Instagram, and to purchase her prints, check out her Etsy page! 

In this episode, we sit down with a very special guest who has been wanting to join our podcast for quite some time. We take the conversation through a journey of analyzing how Covid-19 has impacted our access to quality education. As students of various academic levels, we all can agree that those Zoom meetings we are expected to sit through, are just not ideal. The topic of the discussion is simple, but there are so many implications behind remote education. Socio economic status, and social dynamics, will play a major role in the future of students' educations this fall season as remote learning will uncover many issues in accessibility, and exacerbate challenging dynamics within families. We briefly explore how certain groups are more likely to be disadvantaged by remote learning, such as the recently arrived immigrants from Afghanistan, and first generation American students that have to learn how to use the technology by themselves. The education system of the US currently faces many issues, and we hope that as we continue to adhere to current guidelines due to Covid-19, that our institutions will provide adequate support to help us get through these difficult times. 

In this episode, we sit down with a very special guest who has been wanting to join our podcast for quite some time. We take the conversation through a journey of analyzing how Covid-19 has impacted our access to quality education. As students of various academic levels, we all can agree that those Zoom meetings we are expected to sit through, are just not ideal. The topic of the discussion is simple, but there are so many implications behind remote education. Socio economic status, and social dynamics, will play a major role in the future of students' educations this fall season as remote learning will uncover many issues in accessibility, and exacerbate challenging dynamics within families. We briefly explore how certain groups are more likely to be disadvantaged by remote learning, such as the recently arrived immigrants from Afghanistan, and first generation American students that have to learn how to use the technology by themselves. The education system of the US currently faces many issues, and we hope that as we continue to adhere to current guidelines due to Covid-19, that our institutions will provide adequate support to help us get through these difficult times.