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Featured work: Between Silence and Return
On the morning of September 21, 2026 — the International Day of Peace — Kimia and Anosha Zereh will open this book together, to the world, and place it into your hands. This is an invitation to join us.
Between Silence and Return is the first volume of an ongoing dialogue between an Afghan artist and an Afghan writer. Fifteen art pieces. Fifteen reflections. Three movements — Departure, Distance, Return — and one long contemplation on what it means to leave a country, a body, or a self behind, and to keep living.
ART PIECES BY KIMIA AFGHAN ARTIST
WORDS BY ANOSHA ZEREH AFGHAN WRITER AND POET
Explore the links below to read onA meeting of word, image, and presence.
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