Portholes

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Five writers from Afghanistan share days from their journals of exile. This edition is a collaboration with Untold Narratives.

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Private conversations with history - Sunila Galappatti

    Sunila Galappatti's introduces Portholes, a collection of diary entries by women from a writing group in Afghanistan. Portholes is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  2. EPISODE 2

    A false return - Fakhta and Parwana Fayyaz

    A diary entry by Fakhta about leaving her village in Daikundi in Central Afghanistan in secret with her parents in 2021, heading to Kabul. Portholes is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  3. EPISODE 3

    A place for today - Fakhta and Parwana Fayyaz

    Fakhta's diary entry from Nairobi, Kenya, where she has newly arrived in 2024 with her husband. Portholes is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  4. EPISODE 4

    My Eid is my daughter’s dance - Freshta and Dr Negeen Kargar

    Freshta in a diary entry from 2024 on celebrating Eid in California with her daughter, far from their homeland. Portholes is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  5. EPISODE 5

    A new arrival - Zainab and Parwana Fayyaz

    Zainab, writing in 2024 from British Columbia, meets Ismail, who is the spitting image of her deceased cousin. Portholes is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  6. EPISODE 6

    Someone else’s place - Batool and Parwana Fayyaz

    Batool's diary entry from Oxfordshire in 2024 details her visit to a church after she has received some terrible news about her young cousin. Portholes is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  7. EPISODE 7

    My dear father - Marie and Parwana Fayyaz

    Marie writes a difficult letter to her father from Germany about her new life and new habits, including the way she wears her hair now. Portholes is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

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Five writers from Afghanistan share days from their journals of exile. This edition is a collaboration with Untold Narratives.

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