Kayhan Irani

December 14, 2015

Social Change, Women, Art

The Force is With You

Kayhan Irani

December 14, 2015

Social Change, Women, Art

In today's climate, story and art are more necessary than ever. We need these important tools. The Muslim Women's Story Lab is a unique and hopeful approach to mobilizing Muslim women around issues that they face using storytelling, theater and art-making.

I’m asking if you will direct some of your power to back this project which has brought tremendous hope and light to me in these troubled times.

It is winter for the forces of oppression … the spring belongs to us!

Join me to sow seeds of peace, unity, women’s power, and creativity!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/muslim-women-s-story-lab#/

Ariel Estrada

August 16, 2014

Arts, Social Change, Writing

Stay Here

Ariel Estrada

August 16, 2014

Arts, Social Change, Writing

I can’t seem to turn on the news without having violence, persecution, oppression and the worst of human behavior splashed in my face. Yesterday, I was speaking to my partner’s ex-roommate and he, teasingly, asked me what war-torn part of the world was I planning to visit next? The truth is I’ve had many impulses to run away and try to heal the pain of the world — somewhere else — but I’m counseling myself to stay here.

Kayhan Irani

April 15, 2012

Afghanistan, Social Change, Theater, Theatre of the Oppressed

I’m Alright … But It’s Not OK

Kayhan Irani

April 15, 2012

Afghanistan, Social Change, Theater, Theatre of the Oppressed

I was completely unaware of the attacks in Kabul today until much later in the afternoon. Our office is far from the areas targeted in a normal, very Afghan part of the city. No embassies, international NGOs, or political offices.

Kayhan Irani

September 29, 2011

Afghanistan, Art, Civic Engagement, Social Change, Theatre of the Oppressed

Kabul goes to my head

Kayhan Irani

September 29, 2011

Afghanistan, Art, Civic Engagement, Social Change, Theatre of the Oppressed

The last four days at the Kabul Theater Festival has been heady, thrilling, hopeful, and heartful. I was overjoyed to meet most of the theater artists that I worked with last year. They were presenting their work at the festival (one of them won best scenery and costumes!) and they all looked radiant and full of life. Moreover, I met so many new, creative people working in MANY different provinces of Afghanistan and in different forms of theater.

Kayhan Irani

May 2, 2011

Afghanistan, Civic Engagement, Social Change, Theatre of the Oppressed

May – A Million Flowers Bloom

Kayhan Irani

May 2, 2011

Afghanistan, Civic Engagement, Social Change, Theatre of the Oppressed

What d’ya know … the world keeps changing. It’s May! May Day 2011 had me thinking about the immense contribution of working people. Our work creates wealth, our labor produces the foundation of our societies. I say “we” because all artists are workers. Our collective labor transforms the world we live in and enriches people’s lives on a daily basis.