Experts-Speaks is a platform for policy discourse with field experts. It serves as a hub where the INSAN Institute and relevant experts come together to discuss more significant gaps and policy challenges. Various issues, ranging from cultural investment to health crises, are brought into debate in order to produce policy briefs. Experts use this opportunity to recommend inter-agency solutions for complex societal problems.
Policy Priorities in the Security Sector – MoI
Speaker:
Ms Husna Jalil; Deputy of Policy and Strategy to the Ministry of Interior Affairs, Afghanistan.
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 29 October 2020
Coronavirus in Afghanistan; Discussing the Survey of Afghan MoPH
Speakers:
Dr Sayed Ataullah Saedzai; General Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Information Systems at the Ministry of Health and Senior Researcher of the Survey carried out concerning Covid-19 in Afghanistan.
Dr Jamaludin Ahadi; Head of Surveillance at the Ministry of Health.
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 20 August 2020
New Geopolitics of Afghanistan; Covid-19, Peace, and Regional and International Cooperation
Speakers:
Ghaws Janbaz; Afghan Diplomat in Moscow, Specialist and Researcher of Central Asian, Russian and Afghanistan studies.
Mushtaq Rahim; Peace and Conflict Studies Specialist and Researcher.
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 16 July 2020
Regional Literature; Role and the joint Experience of the Reg. Countries
Speakers:
Dr Qanbar Ali Tabish; University Lecturer and Writer
Ziaulhaq Shams; Research Deputy, INSAN Institute
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 11 June 2020
Discussions:
INSAN invites a diverse range of parties to participate in productive and effective discussions. We actively encourage the participation of experts and specialists and provide a platform for examining crucial issues. During these discussions, topics such as art, culture, society, sport, human rights, and socio-economic issues are analyzed, debated, and critiqued.
The Fate of Human Rights in Afghanistan; on the Occasion of International Human Rights
Moderator: Fahimullah Karim; Director of INSAN Institute
Speakers:
Mohammad Ayub Yusufzai; Commissioner at Independent Commission of Human Rights, Kabul.
Ramin Anwari; Human Rights Specialist holding post graduate degree in Human Rights from York University, UK.
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 10 December 2020
Identity of Afghan Cinema
Moderator: Sayed Emal Jalal; Head of Cultural Programs, INSAN Institute
Speaker:
Sahra Karimi; Director of Afghan Film.
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 09 July 2020
Afghan Music and its Identity
Moderator: Sayed Emal Jalal; Head of Cultural Programs, INSAN Institute.
Speaker:
Dr Ahmad Nasir Sarmast; Afghan Musician and Specialist.
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 13 February 2020
Political Philosophy in Ancient Greek (First INSAN Talks Discussion in Vienna of Austria)
Moderator: Wasil Faizi; Content Adviser, INSAN Magazine
Speaker:
Mohammad Hakim Akdari; Afghan Writer
Place: Vienna – In Person – 1 February 2020
Does Afghanistan have a Liberating Education System?
Moderator: Shafiqa Nikzad; Head of Education Program, INSAN Institute.
Speaker:
Karima Dariz; Kabul Education University Lecturer and Former Head of Education Faculty
Habib Farzad; Writer and Researcher
Shuaib Wahdat; Research Fellow, INSAN Institute
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 19 December 2019
Uzbek Contributions to the National Culture
Moderator: Sayed Emal Jalal; Head of Cultural Programs, INSAN Institute.
Speaker:
Asadullah Nadim; Uzbek Write and Political Analyst
Mohammad Alem Kohkan; Uzbek Cultural Activist, Writer and Journalist
Hameedullah Tadash; Kabul University Lecturer of Uzbek Literature and Writer
Sayed Mujeb Toran; Civil Activist and Journalist
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 5 December 2019
Sports in Afghanistan; Opportunities, Challenges, and the Future
Speakers:
Mushtaq Rahim; Peace and Conflict Studies Specialist and Researcher.
Ziaulhaq Shams; Research Deputy, INSAN Institute
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 28 November 2019
City and Citizenship; Discussion on Urban Sociology
Speakers:
Ali Tawana; Urban Sociologist and Researcher
Ahmad Hamid Qaderi; University Lecturer and Sociologist
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 14 November 2019
Mirwais Khan and Cultural Nation-Building
Moderator: Shuaib Wahdat; Research Fellow, INSAN Institute
Speaker:
Dr Farooq Ansari, PhD; History Professor and Member of Afghanistan Academy of Sciences
Habibullah Rafi; Historian and Academic Adviser of Afghanistan Academy of Sciences
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 7 November 2019
Remembering the Poetess Ayesha Durrani
Moderator: Shafiqa Nikzad; Head of Education Program, INSAN Institute.
Speaker:
Farida Faryad; University Lecturer of Dari Literature and Poetess
Naima Ghani; Writer and Poetess
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 31 October 2019
What is Culture, and Who is Cultural Activist?
Speakers:
Sayed Emal Jalal; Head of Cultural Programs, INSAN Institute.
Ajmal Khkuali, PhD; Kabul University Lecturer of Pashto Literature
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 17 October 2019
People's Expectations from Psychology
Moderator: Saina Hameedi; Public Speaker and Psychologist
Speakers:
Sharafuddin Azimi; University Lecturer of Psychology and Psycho-Social Counselor
Dr Sayed Rohullah Rezvani; Clinical Psychologist, Counselor, and Writer
Batool Haidari; University Lecturer of Psychology and Psycho-Social Counselor
Mohsin Amin; Clinical Psychologist
Mohammad Amin Asfandyar; University Lecturer of Psychology and Psycho-Social Counselor
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 7 August 2019
What is Question?
Speakers:
Abdul Wadood Basharyar; Writer and Journalist
Anwar Wafa Samandar; Writer and Journalist
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 25 July 2019
The Role of Research in Afghan Media
Speakers:
Ziaulhaq Shams; Research Deputy, INSAN Institute
Fazal Bari Baryalai; Member of Access to Information Commission of Afghanistan
Mujib Khelwatgar; Journalist and Director of NAI Media Institute
Ghaws Janbaz; Journalist andAfghan Diplomat in Moscow
Place: INSAN Institute – In Person – 18 July 2019
The new Great Game; Comprehensive Extremism, ISIS, Regional non-Stability and Future
Moderator: Fahimullah Karim; Editor-in-Chief, INSAN Magazine
Speakers:
Abdul Ghafoor Liwal; Acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs and Writer
Mohammad Moheq; Islamic Scholar and Cultural Adviser to the President
Dr Dawood Azami; Journalist, BBC World Service
Place: Afghanistan Center at Kabul University – In Person – 29 January 2017
Meta-Linguistics
Keynote Lecture: Dr Mojawer Ahmad Zyar
Contributing Speakers:
Abdul Ghafoor Liwal; Writer and Author
Mahmood Marhoon; Kabul University Lecturer at the Pashto Language Department
Place: Afghanistan Center at Kabul University – In Person – 20 May 2017
Farkhunda; further than crime; on the occasion of the 40th day from the brutal killing of Farkhunda in Kabul
Speakers:
Aslam Jawdi; University Lecturer of Sociology
Mohid Zegham; Writer and Editorial Board Member, INSAN Magazine
Sharafuddin Azimi; University Lecturer of Psychology and Psycho-Social Counselor
Abdul Wadood Basharyar; Writer and Journalist
Place: Khorassan Private University – In Person – 26 April 2015
