Gaahnaama-e Honar Magazine

The first time, Gaahnaama-e Honar has started its publications in year 2000 under the editorship of Mr. Rahraw Omarzad. The staff members of this magazine started their activities right in the middle of the time when the arts subject was omitted from school curriculum and the arts such as music, cinema, photography, sculpturing and painting were officially stopped by the government at that time.
In fact, this served as the main motive of Gaahnaama-e Honar publication. Although some artists felt it too dangerous to publish such a publication and therefore prevented writing and interviewing with this magazine, despite all these challenges we have kept moving ahead.
Finally, the first version of the magazine was published in 72 pages with limited resources in hand by the support of Afghan artists who lived in Kabul and Peshawar. Aftermath, the press inside and outside the borders never suffer from lack of an arts magazine.

Publications of Gaahnaama-e Honar continued with the further funding entities as staged bellow:

UN-Habitat ‚ Goethe Institute‚ Center for Contemporary Arts Norway and Prince Claus Found Nederland.

Objectives of Gaahnaama-e Honar

- Improving the artistic knowledge of artists, arts learners and those interested in arts especially the contemporary arts.
- Encouraging the artists in new artistic activities and seeking new ways of expressing the arts as well as empowering the new artistic environment through:
Introducing and encouraging the creative, innovative and independent artists
Encouraging the evaluation of artistic works and efforts in broadening the process
Introducing the national and international artists
Improving the artistic skills of male and female artists