Fragmented Futures Zine
Marking the centennial of the “modern Afghan state”, Fragmented Futures: Afghanistan 100 Years Later is an unprecedented exhibit that employs art, writing, film, and scholarship to probe the ongoing consequences of foreign intervention in Afghanistan and the future of its diaspora. The exhibit, conceived and curated by the Afghan American Artists & Writers Association, expands the conversation beyond prevailing depictions and sheds light on how Afghans’ everyday aspirations continue to be interrupted, transformed, and reborn in both the diaspora and in an ever-changing Afghanistan. This zine was created specically for the exhibit and features art and writing that prompt us to reimagine Afghanistan, its people, and their many futures. It is meant to stand as its own knowledge artifact—a unique artistic object that archives and establishes diasporic voices. Situated amongst more well known texts, its very presence is an intervention into the canon.
Marking the centennial of the “modern Afghan state”, Fragmented
Futures: Afghanistan 100 Years Later is an unprecedented exhibit that employs art, writing, film, and scholarship to probe the ongoing consequences of foreign intervention in Afghanistan and the future of its diaspora. The exhibit, conceived and curated by the Afghan American Artists & Writers Association, expands the conversation beyond prevailing depictions and sheds light on how Afghans’ everyday aspirations continue to be interrupted, transformed, and reborn in both the diaspora and in an
ever-changing Afghanistan. This zine was created specically for the
exhibit and features art and writing that prompt us to reimagine
Afghanistan, its people, and their many futures. It is meant to stand as
its own knowledge artifact—a unique artistic object that archives and
establishes diasporic voices. Situated amongst more well known texts,
its very presence is an intervention into the canon.
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Oh! Zondon, Zon-DON - however you want to pronounce it,
there’s no such thing as a Zhwa in the American alphabet anyhow.
Later, Alyssa, my white bestie reminds me
that my name isn’t actually
Wazina?
It’s
Wazina. Wazina. Wazina.
There’s no question mark at the end of your name.
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the desire to create a
palatable version of
our names
is becoming very grading to me
and it’s like eating a meal
missing an essential masala or spice,
it reminds me of my relationship to garlic salt,
as much as I love you garlic salt,
you don’t quite cut it as a replacement spice
for cumin or cardamom
or saffron
dill, god how I love dill
coriander
turmeric
garlic salt,
sometimes
you are like
A Joe instead of Jose
the crafting of a Gina from Sangeena
Mo from Mohammad
Naz from Nazanin
and my least favorite of all,
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