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Leila Christine Nadir

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Life After Ruins: Ruderal Ecologies, Afghan Diaspora, & Another Anthropocene

September 30, 2021By LeilaClose Readings
Life After Ruins: Ruderal Ecologies, Afghan Diaspora, & Another Anthropocene

I was raised on stories of a glorious Afghanistan. “Most beautiful country in the world” is how my father described his homeland during my childhood, in the 1980s and 1990s. He’d been living in the United States for a while by then, since the late 1970s, and he watched the war in Afghanistan unfold every … Read More


Leila Christine Nadir is an Afghan-American essayist, memoirist, social practice artist, and eccentric educator whose work explores the possibilities of repair after disaster and ruins. She is the author of award-winning essays and artworks about public health, the Afghan diaspora, environmental theory, and her personal experiences of religion, ethnicity, trauma, and healing. She is currently writing a memoir about growing up in an Afghan-American family. She blogs here about the writers, ideas, and memories that inspire her work. More info >>

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