Tag 2024

New Home Issue #91

ACS Team Joins Refugee Health Conference Published on August 24th, 2024 Written by Gabe Van de Water On Sunday, August 4th, members of Afghan Cultural Society’s mental health team attended a pre-course on Afghan Women’s Health along with many other…

New Home Issue #87

Celebrating the Wedding of Sayed Ali Hossaini and Najiba Mohammadi Published on Written by Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 On Saturday, June 29th 2024, Sayed Ali Hossaini and Najiba Mohammadi celebrated their marriage with a traditional Afghan wedding. The event was…

New Home Issue #83

Published Wednesday June 12th, 2024 Written by Hussain Ali Haidari Recent Floods in Afghanistan: Tens of Thousands of Children are Exposed to Lasting Threats The U.N. International Children’s Fund released a statement that tens of thousands of children remain affected…

New Home Issue #82

Exercise and It’s Effect on Mental Well-being Published on Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 Written by Connor Molloy, Psychotherapist, MSW, LICSW Everyone knows that exercise helps with physical fitness, but it also has enormous benefits to mental well-being.  [citation].  It can:  …

New Home Issue #81

Flash Flooding in Afghanistan Kills at Least 240, Says UNICEF Published on Friday, May 31st, 2024 Written by Hussain Ali Haidari Heavy seasonal rains have set off flash floods across Afghanistan, killing more than 240 people and destroying thousands of…

New Home Issue #76

Celebrating Eid al Fitr Published Monday, April 22nd, 2024 Written by Hussain Haidari ACS celebrated Eid al-Fitr on Sunday evening, April 14, with more than 300 Afghans attending. The program included music, food, and games for adults and children. Nasreen…

New Home Issue #75

Women: From Everything to Nothing Written by Hussain Haidari Published Thursday, April 18th, 2024 When the Taliban took power, women in Afghanistan became the main victims of their cruel and discriminatory decisions. Over the past few years, the Taliban has…

New Home Issue #74

Recent ISIS Attacks Renew Concerns About Growing Extremist Networks Published Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 Global attention has once again turned to ISIS and its Afghanistan based affiliate ISKP (Islamic State Khorasan Province) in the wake of recent attacks against China,…