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4Th Year, Issues 27-28, January 2013 4th Year, Issues 27-28, January 2013 E-mail: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/armanshahr.openasia Facebook Armanshahr Publishing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Armanshahr.Publishing Armanshahr Foundation Armanshahr Foundation is an independent, not for profit citizens organisation based in Kabul and is not affiliated with any economic, political, religious, ethnic groups or governments. The Foundation’s mission is to create proper forums to ensure citizens social demand for democracy, human rights, justice and rule of law and to create through cultural manifestations and publications a broad constituency of well-informed citizens’. Armanshahr Foundation also activelysafeguarding promotes reflectionpeace. and debate inside Afghanistan, trans-regionally and internationally with the goal of ensuring solidarity, progress and and Heinrich Böll Foundation. This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union the position of the above institutions. The contents of the publication can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting Some of the items and articles that are published in each issue of “Armanshahr” from other sources are intended to inform our readers, but their contents or positions do not necessarily reflect Armanshahr’s positions. Issues 27-28 (Year IV) Armanshahr, a periodical on human rights and civil society January 2013 Translation and Editing: Khalil Rostamkhani Interviews : Jawad Darwaziyan DesignAll rights and are Layout: reserved Kabir for Ahmad the publisher. Neshat Circulation: 20,000 E-mail: [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/armanshahr.openasia Facebook Armanshahr Publishing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Armanshahr.Publishing In this issue: Armanshahr · · 15 years Armanshahr,st & 2nd celebrated with Simorgh peace prize awards – Goftegus 100 and 101......................................................................................................................................................................4 WomenWinners of 1 Simorgh Peace Prize announced...................................................................6 · · Violence against women is political - Goftegu 98.....................................................................7 · Two women, two poetesses – Goftegu 89 (Badakhshan)..................................................10 JusticeWomen’s and peace participation in peace process - Reza Hussaini.................................................12 · · · Access to justice and challenges to it - Goftegu 99................................................................15 · Justice & rights in Balkh - Goftegu 92........................................................................................17 Justice & rights: 10-year experience; a way for the future - Goftegu 90.....................20 National interests, peace, justice: questions and ambiguities – Interview with HumanAbdulhafiz rights Mansoor...........................................................................................................................22 · · Amnesty International: results and achievements of a decade - Interview with · Horia Mosadiq......................................................................................................................................25 Human Rights Watch in Afghanistan, 10 years on - Interview with Heather Barr..28 HumanHuman rights rights violations in Badakhshan - Interview with Wahideddin Arghun...........................32 · News........................................................................................................................................................34 · Transitional justice CultureCorrelation and arts of peace and transitional justice..........................................................................37 · Looting, burning and destruction of the National Museum - Interview with Omara · Khan Massoudi.....................................................................................................................................39 · Book & Freedom of Expression in Balkh - Goftegu 91........................................................42 · · Publishers in Kabul, what they say and do..............................................................................43 In the context of footnote - Goftegu 95.....................................................................................45 The Colonel by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi – two reviews......................................................46 Books · Armanshahr’s new books...............................................................................................................48 - Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA Publications..................................................................................................50 - Other articles in the Dari version:...........................................................................................................51 Goftegus 100 and 101 15 years Armanshahr, celebrated with Simorgh peace prize awards A caravan of books leaves; a caravan of affection returns Armanshahr th took part at the meeting, which was covered The 15 anniversary ofth the establishment More than 100 cultural activists of Tajikistan of Armanshahr Foundation/Open Asia was celebrated in its 100 Goftegu meeting Radioby the Zamaaneh. media in Tajikistan as well as the during which the winners of the first and international media, e.g. BBC, Radio Azadi and second Simorgh peace prize were announced. Furthermore, the Ministry of Culture of The play startedst with “I pray to God for the the Republic of Tajikistan and the National decades of publishing services and cultural grapes to ripen,” a poem by Elias Alawi, a Library of Tajikistan were praised for two winner of the 1 Simorgh Peace Prize. The final sentence of the play created many achievements, respectively. Two thousand questions for the audience: “Perhaps we have books were donated to the National Library. not realised yet that we are the Simorgh, it is The National library of Tajikistan hosted asthe a blessedlaw.” peace of Simorgh that conquers the 15th anniversary of Armanshahr on 7 the hearts; it can be accepted unconditionally SimorghDecember Peace 2012. Caravan During based the celebration, on the winning Tajik between peace and war, which kept recurring actors performed a play with the title of the onThe the play stage. concentrated War went, peaceon the came, contrast peace went and war came. Sometimes: “War ended. 1poems- The script of wasthe based Simorgh on the Peaceworks of Prizepoets from as wellTajikistan, as1 Afghanistana selection and ofIran: poems Attar of byNishapur, well-known Mehdi Akhavan poets. Saless, Layegh Shir-Ali, Bazar Saber, Golrokhsar Safi Ava, Eskandar Khatlani, Nezam Ghassem, Elias Alawi, Zahra Hosseinzada, Wahid That was the last news they had heard on the Talat, Ebrahim Amini, Seyyed Mehdi Moussavi, Rooholamin Amini, Hamed Rahmati, Amanollah Mirzaei, Mojgan Sadat, Alireza radio. They had returned home in dirty attire/ Labash, Mohammad Ali Siavosh Jonaydi, Zahra Zahedi, Javad nobody waited for them/nobody said hello/ Kelidari, Sanaz Beheshti, Sohrab Sirat, Taymour Barghi, and young nobody opened the door.” However, there was a members of Pierre Jouannon Poetry Workshop. The actors were: Artegh Ghader, Hemmat Khoda Amri Khodayov, Ghanijan Alemov, theirreply: head “They to do answer not wish and to meet answer friends...” your hello/ The Molane Najmeddin Ava, Ghadamshah Nazarov, Guissou Jahangiri, endingheads are of warbent does into notthe meancollars/nobody its conclusion. raises It Rooholamin Amini, Shourangiz Dadashi, Guissou Mohammad Shayova and students of Mirz Torsanzada Industrial College. is the beginning of a cold season during which the past must be redressed. Achieving peace is war must be eradicated. “The world must get accepted unconditionally as a law.” not the final destination. The consequences of drunk/the streets must stumble/Presidents After the play, two special sculptures were and paupers most rub shoulders / the world awarded to the Ministry of Culture and the must get drunk/ the borders must get drunk National Library of Tajikistan. Subsequently, Ms activities.Golrokhsar She Safi describedAva, mother Armanshahr of the Tajik nation,as an spoke sweetly about 15 years of Armanshahr’s and Mohammad Ali can meet his mother after 17 years.” brothers of Joseph must be told: “This was not sufferinginstitution land. that had stood by the people of “Drunkenness must spread to objects.” The evil Tajikistan in the most difficult days of the Year, Issues 27-28, January 2013 Issues 27-28, Year, expected/ throwing in the well, okay, but why th The caravan of 2,000 books of Armanshahr, and common language went 4 kill?” The war films must be watched: “The thousands of poems and stories of solidarity camera filmed two corpses/the frame was Kabul as a caravan of affection, memories,to Tajikistan friendships, and returned and love to st meeting with a good number of the people of and set up its 101 pen, poetry and literature. participants of the meeting at On 17 December 2012, the Foundation in Kabul heard a the Culture and Civilst andSociety 2nd reportstatutes about of Simorgh the 1 and plates Armanshahr ofSimorgh honour peace were prizes, awarded when to the 27-28 shut and the woman was on the other side of 5 winners. They then watched a film of the play performed in Tajikistan. war to protect peace: “Don’t go out, the gutters release: the window.” One must be
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