Arts & culture
Exhibitions, concerts, poetry evenings. A place where Afghan artists — in France and in exile — exhibit, perform and meet: painting, photography, calligraphy, crafts.
Learn more →Changing how people see Afghanistan.
Its poetry, its music, its artists — and its women, who refuse to be silenced.
The Centre
A place for culture, welcome and free expression.
Afghanistan has no cultural centre in France. The Afghan Cultural Centre of Paris aims to fill this gap: a place open to Afghan women and men, to their children born here, and to everyone who wants to discover the country in a different light.
The voice of Afghan women
Meetings, debates, testimonies and exhibitions on the situation of women in Afghanistan. Here, they speak out.
Learn more →Welcome & administrative support
Help with paperwork, guidance, and a meeting place for people living in reception centres.
Learn more →Learning
French classes for newcomers; Dari and Pashto classes for children born in France; calligraphy, music and digital skills workshops.
Learn more →Chai Khana: tea house & library
As in Afghan tea houses: a cup of tea, a book, a conversation. A library in Dari, Pashto and French.
Learn more →Media space
News about Afghanistan in French, Dari and Pashto; a media outlet for women and one for children; a studio where activists record their messages.
Learn more →Programme
Highlights of the year
Concerts, exhibitions, literary cafés and film screenings with debates all year round, plus six major events.
Around 21 March
Nawroz — نوروز
The Afghan New Year and spring festival: music, dances, shared haft mewa, traditional costumes. Every year, between 500 and 800 participants depending on the edition.
8 March
International Women's Day
Meetings and exhibitions dedicated to Afghan women.
15 August
Day of remembrance
Remembering the fall of Kabul in 2021, in solidarity with the Afghan people, especially Afghan women and girls.
19 August
Independence Day
The anniversary of Afghanistan's independence in 1919: speeches in Dari and French, music and songs by children of the diaspora.
September
European Heritage Days
Discovering Afghan arts: calligraphy, carpets, miniatures.
21 December
Yalda — شب یلدا
The longest night of the year: Hafez's poetry, pomegranates, tales, music and an all-night gathering.
Our story
Since 2018, Afghan culture has lived in Paris — even without walls of its own.
In 2018, a team of young Afghans living in France — community workers, artists, journalists — imagined an Afghan cultural centre in Paris. Since then, concerts, Nawroz, Yalda and solidarity evenings have brought together hundreds of people in town halls, conservatories and venues across the region.
2018 · Place de la République
First event: World Refugee Day
Afghan music with the City of Paris and UNHCR.
16 January 2020
Seminar at the French Senate
The Afghan Cultural Centre of Paris project is presented and supported at the Senate.
Since August 2021
Solidarity after the fall of Kabul
Rallies, public meetings, welcoming families arriving in France.
“Afghanistan is not only war. It is Rumi, born in Balkh. It is the rubab, the gardens of Herat, calligraphy — and women who refuse to be silenced.”
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Support us
Help us bring the Centre to life.
Make a donation
Every donation funds events, language classes and support for refugees.
Volunteer
Teach French or Dari, welcome newcomers, help with paperwork, organise an event.
Become a partner
Local authorities, foundations, cultural institutions, universities, artists: let's build this together.
A project led by the association Enfants d'Afghanistan et d'Ailleurs.
