About

What it means:

Safrang is an archaic word in Farsi. It means commentary or analysis.

What it is:

Safrang started out as a personal blog in the summer of 2004. At the time it served as a venting mechanism for the author’s existential angst and the frustrations of adjusting to student life in an American liberal arts college.

Over time, Safrang evolved into many things: a confessional, a “temporary autonomous zone,” a discussion on living Muslim in the West, a repository of web gadgets and links, etc. It also remained inactive for long stretches of time.

In the fall of 2006 Safrang made the shift from Blogger to WordPress. Subsequently, it underwent a series of drastic changes in outlook, writing style, and the material covered, eventually finding its niche in the discussion of Afghanistan’s current affairs and history.

Safrang recognizes that there is a dearth of serious English language blogs on Afghanistan reflecting the national perspective and aims to play its small part in filling this void.

Who is behind it:

A student from Afghanistan called… well, what’s in a name.

Okay, I know that’s not your real name. I am going to track you down and…

Hmmmm… I should think about that. And I don’t think I like your tone.

For now, here is how you can reach me: hamesha.safrang{at}gmail.com

The inexorable march of history? … Please!

Yes, that is meant satirically.

Still I insist that Afghanistan is an important part of it.

For more about this blog, read the following three posts:

> An Update About Safrang
> Abandoning Anonymity
> A Safrang Farsang

When not blogging here on Safrang, I take photos that I post here: From Afghanistan with Loveand post random things here: Hamesha- An Exploration of the Dionysian.

.
.
.
All material on this blog Copyright 2003-2008. Some rights reserved.
.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

(note: please use the main page for commenting, or if you want to contact me directly, email hamesha.safrang{at}gmail.com)