Afghan Star Featured Art Poster

Celebrate the groundbreaking original artwork from Afghan Star, hosted by John Legend. Proceeds from sales of the artwork benefit The Noor Initiative, a non-profit working to ensure every Afghan girl has access to education and opportunity.

Afghan Star 11” x 17” Featured Art Poster
by Rahzzah — @rahzzah 

From the fall of the Taliban until its return, people all over Afghanistan planned their lives around Afghan Star. People would pack into apartments. Villages would hook up generators to a single TV so crowds could watch. New Year’s celebrations would come to a halt, all to watch this one show. Over its 15 seasons, Afghan Star spotlighted an Afghanistan that could be: women singing without hijabs, Afghanistan’s first rapper, people of warring ethnic groups hugging and cheering for each other on stage. And it launched a cultural revolution. This is the story behind it all– from how a ragtag team scrambled to make the show every week, to the dangers they faced for trying to push the country forward. In Afghanistan, a cultural revolution was televised through a musical talent show, and this is its story.