About Us

THE AFGHAN REVIEW is an online Afghan literary journal. We publish reviews on books of all genres that address important topics affecting Afghan communities.

When we rebuild our literature, we rebuild our selves.

Our reviews are critical, and they are honest. We want to celebrate all of the amazing literature published about and from Afghanistan while maintaining our integrity as critics. We highly encourage our audience to read and, if you can afford to, buy every book featured on this website—no matter if we’ve given it a “high” or “low” rating. Every book and every voice is important in shaping an Afghan diasporic literary identity--especially yours. So, continue the conversation--talk about books, post about books, even write your own.

We do not write against a time limit. We believe books can influence our lives and our world today regardless of when they were published, so we publish reviews of books from the 10th century C.E. alongside books published within the past month.

We value multilingualism, so we review books written in multiple languages, especially Dari and English.

Read on to find new, exciting Afghan authors to cherish. And don't forget to buy their books :)

Happy reading!