Since the beginning of 2011 Juan Rodriguez has been working in Afghanistan with the mission to help this country communicate. This has meant bringing internet connectivity to schools, mobile phones for farmers, and an array of crowdsource projects for health, security, and agriculture. On one beautiful and relaxed Friday...
"Has anyone NEVER flown on a helicopter before?" asks the tall, well armed soldier with an Australian flag sewn onto his flak jacket with oh so many extra banana clips in it. "We haven't!" - my colleague and I are the only ones of the group of 5 to...
After one week of teaching video production in Herat, Afghanistan, the following video was made during my last hours in the city. It goes over my impressions of the city, the work we've been doing here (our company Small World News, currently doing work for Internews), and other interesting...
You don't often hear from poets in Afghanistan, but beyond all the politics and violence that gets all the press, they've been there all along, writing, reciting, performing... My guest is Wida Sharifi, a poet and writer based here in Herat. She joins me to tell me about how she...
Greetings from Kabul, dusty but determined capital of the country everyone has an opinion about: Afghanistan. For the second time in my life, I've arrived in Kabul. No longer confused or intimidated with how things look or work (or don't work), being back in this magic town is like starting your...
