Letters from the Road | ISHKAR in Hunza 2022

I recently returned from leading ISHKAR's latest trip to Northern Pakistan co-hosted by Matthieu Paley and our Hunza-based guide Noor-ul Amin.The trip was full of spontaneous, surprising moments, ...

THE JADID MOVEMENT IN SOVIET UZBEKISTAN

We spoke to Niloufar Edmonds, the curator of 'Bound for Life and Education: Sara Eshonturaeva and the Jadid Movement in Soviet Uzbekistan' about the photographs, documents, and objects presented in...

My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: Striking New Fiction by Afghan Women Writers

'My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird' is an extraordinary anthology of fiction by Afghan women writers, published in Feb 2022 by MacLehose Press in the UK. A powerful collection that draw on real-life exp...

EMERGENCY PRINT SALE 2022

On the 15th of August 2021, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. As the world looked on, ISHKAR launched a sale of photographic prints to raise money for EMERGENCY Hospitals in Afghanistan. Like you, t...

NFT Print Capsule

For the Print Sale for EMERGENCY 2022, some of the photographers are offering one-off prints as NFTs, some for the first time!Including Matthieu Paley, Glen Wilde & Michael Christopher Brown.

GUEST EDIT | RUBY ELMHIRST

Ruby Elmhirst is a creative producer, working with sustainable and socially conscious designers, artists and brands on unique projects across an array of mediums. Originally from London, her family...

The Houses of Beirut by Julie Audi

It’s been a whirlwind for Beirut. Lebanon’s capital has spent the past twenty years trying to rebuild itself and its identity. I grew up in a city marked by scars of a brutal civil war, scars that ...

Soqotra: The Evolution of an Alien Island

Give a child a packet of crayons and tell them to draw a fantasy island, and they might well conjure up the Yemeni island of Soqotra.

GUEST EDIT | SELMA DABBAGH

Selma Dabbagh is a British Palestinian lawyer, novelist and short story writer. We asked Selma which ISHKAR pieces are inspiring her this winter. See here selection here: 

Do we stay or do we go?

When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban we immediately paused trading with Afghanistan. After much deliberation, we have now taken the decision to continue our work in the country. Here, we are sharin...

Collection: Handmade in Pakistan & Yemen

Our handmade shirts and soap stone bowls, photographed by Charles Thiefaine on the island of Socotra, Yemen. November 2021. 

Act For Afghanistan: Ways to Continue Supporting

Now is not the time to stop reading, talking and thinking about Afghanistan. The situation continues to worsen by the day. So we've put together a few actions that you can take to make sure the wor...