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Abdul Samad Haidari
Aug 16, 20243 min read
Poetry of Survival Abdul Haidari’s Story of Escape, Advocacy, and Renewal
Syahdinar In 2014, Abdul Haidari arrived in Indonesia, seeking asylum after a harrowing escape from his war-torn homeland of Afghanistan....
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Aug 1, 20241 min read
Recipient of Creative Fellowship
Creative Fellowship Fund 2024 - Round Results posted: 19 June 202 General arts fund Abdul Haidari (Literature) Alice Canton (Theatre)...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jul 31, 20243 min read
Dealing with trauma through poetry: Hazara-Afghani Abdul Samad Haidari’s remarkable story
From Culture 101, 2:30 pm on 21 April 2024 Pōneke-based poet and journalist Abdul Samad Haidari became a refugee at the age of 10. Poetry...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jul 29, 20242 min read
Ethnographic Reflection on Exilic Narratives Outside Closed Camps: The Case of Residual Liberian Refugees in Nigeria
Tosin Durodola The University of Edinburgh Abstract What happens when refugees’ status are terminated and camps are officially shut down?...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jul 5, 20242 min read
PERIL
BY: ABDUL SAMAD HAIDARI, FILED UNDER: EDITION 47 - NO COMPASS | PUBLISHED: AUGUST 18, 2022 THREE POEMS The Shadows Nasty maulvi’s of...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jul 5, 20243 min read
Dealing with trauma through poetry: Hazara-Afghani Abdul Samad Haidari’s remarkable story
From Culture 101, 2:30 pm on 21 April 2024 Pōneke-based poet and journalist Abdul Samad Haidari became a refugee at the age of 10. Poetry...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jun 30, 20241 min read
Abdul Samad Haidari & JinJin Xu
On September 13th, Manderley was delighted to host poet Abdul Samad Haidari in conversation with poet JinJin Xu. Hannah Matheson | Oct...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jun 30, 20243 min read
Review: The Unsent Condolences by Abdul Samad Haidari (Palaver 2023)
by Aileen Crowe Although I have listened to many traumatic refugee experiences, I realise how bereft I have been for the feelings of a...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jun 30, 20243 min read
Finding solace, empowerment through poetry
The Post | 12 Feb 2024 |Hanna McCallum Hazara-Afghani journalist and poet Abdul Samad Haidari arrived in Aotearoa last February after...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jun 30, 20244 min read
‘The Red Ribbon’: A refugee’s search for love and peace This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "". Click to read:
A. Kurniawan Ulung (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta | Sun, March 22, 2020 Sharing stories: Author Ayu Utami (‘left to right’), writer Carissa...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jun 30, 20245 min read
The Reporter-Turned-Refugee
By Angela Jelita |February 13, 2017 A journalist’s job is to tell a story. It’s neither a profession that pays the highest salary nor one...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jun 30, 20243 min read
Indonesia - Friendly transit point, never a homeThis article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "". Click to read:
A book opens up a new discussion on the myriad of problems faced by refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia. Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jun 30, 20247 min read
'Awful to be there': Former refugee's struggle in notorious emergency housing
Hanna McCallum April 15, 2023, • 05:00am Hazara-Afghani journalist and poet, Abdul Samad Haidari, was put in Wellington’s notorious...
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Abdul Samad Haidari
Jun 30, 20246 min read
“Hanging on to nothing”: Indonesia’s stateless people
With greater resettlement uncertainties and harsher living conditions, refugees in the country are desperate for solutions. By Antonia...
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