This is a reminder of our Afghan New Year celebration, Nowroz 1402, on Sunday 30th April, 2:30pm-5:00pm, at the Afghan Gallery, 327 Brunswick St., Fitzroy. The Afghan Gallery celebrates its 40 year anniversary in 2023. Our special guest, former Afghan Judge an...

  We have had to make the difficult choice to postpone our Afghan New Year celebration, Nowroz 1402, previously advertised for Sunday 26th March 2.30-5.00pm. Ramadan, the month observed by Muslims as a time of fasting, prayer, reflection and community, co...

In Kabul during June 2022, AADO Executive Director, Nouria Salehi liaised with a group of academics called the Afghanistan Education Support Coalition (AESC) on educating Year 12 girls.  Women can attend University in segregated conditions; but this depends ...

AADO continued its 10 month training courses in literacy, numeracy and dressmaking for a further 102 rural women with courses in five provincial villages ending August 2022. The women received a sewing machine on graduation enabling them to earn a livelihood t...

This book by AADO’s President is a true account of her mother’s remarkable life escaping the aftermath of WWII in Europe. At this time, Afghanistan’s rulers, King Zahir Shah and his able ministers sought to develop and modernise their nation. This brough...

As the crisis in Afghanistan intensifies, support is desperately needed for thousands of displaced Afghan women and families living in the open with few belongings. AADO, last week, funded initial urgent basic relief for displaced children in camps – wat...