Afghan Storytelling and Preserving Culture @NatAsianArt
Afghan Storytelling and Preserving Culture  @NatAsianArt
Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
In this event recording, you'll hear from people working across music, film, writing, and other creative forms to safeguard Afghan culture. Each storyteller offers unique perspectives on cultural resilience, memory, and identity.

This event commemorated the online launch of an important oral history. Over the last two years, we recorded with Omara Khan Masoudi, the former director of the National Museum of Afghanistan and a leading figure in the preservation of Afghan cultural heritage. Check out Mr. Masoudi's oral history online: https://sova.si.edu/record/fsa.a2024.03

Featured panelists:
Mr. Omara Khan Masoudi
Dr. Chase Robinson
Ms. Amna Nawaz (moderator)
Mr. Omar Sultan
Ms. Roya Sadat
Mr. Aziz Esfandiari
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Afghan Storytelling and Preserving Culture

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