
Roots: How Ariana Abawe launched an exclusive Afghan magazine
02/08/21 • 13 min
In the fifth episode of Roots with South Asian Today, we speak with Afghan journalist Ariana Abawe, who founded the first-ever print and digital magazine exclusively focused on Afghanistan, Ariana Magazine, in 2020.
We dig deep into Afghan representation and what the magazine's purpose is.
Visit www.southasiantoday.com.au for more global and progressive content.
In the fifth episode of Roots with South Asian Today, we speak with Afghan journalist Ariana Abawe, who founded the first-ever print and digital magazine exclusively focused on Afghanistan, Ariana Magazine, in 2020.
We dig deep into Afghan representation and what the magazine's purpose is.
Visit www.southasiantoday.com.au for more global and progressive content.
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Roots with South Asian Today - Roots: How Ariana Abawe launched an exclusive Afghan magazine
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Dilpreet 00:00
You're listening to roots with South Asian today. This podcast is being recorded in Australia, on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to the elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. The first time I came across Ariana magazine was in 2020 and I remember being in awe. I had not yet come across a media outlet with an exclusive lens on Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora. As someone who was born
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