The family and friends
Four members of the Roashan family write here, joined by poets and scholars whose work they wanted to share.
Dr. G. Rauf Roashan writes on Afghan politics, governance and society. His Country Corner essays, written between 2003 and 2014, follow Afghanistan from the Bonn process through the Karzai years and the debate over the US security agreement. He also writes poetry, collected here under Art & Culture.
Mohammed Khalid Roashan (b. 1923), an Afghan journalist and public official, edited the Kabul daily Anees, headed the Bakhtar News Agency, led the Department of Tribal Affairs with cabinet rank (1965–67), served as Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and helped draft the 1964 constitution. After leaving Afghanistan in 1979 he settled in Kirkland, Washington, where he wrote the memoir Afghanistan, My Ancestral Home.
Zalmai Roashan writes poems and personal essays on faith, family and friendship.
Murtaza Roashan writes poetry in Dari about love of the homeland, separation and hope.