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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
How Café Culture Reached Kabul
As a passionate coffee drinker, I missed my Cappuccino every time I was in Kabul. Usually, Afghans are natural tea drinkers. For that reason, it wasn't often easy to find a good coffee.
But since a couple of time, this has changed.
The reason for that is Slice Bakery, a modern coffee shop in the middle of Kabul. Slice, which is what many young Afghans call it, isn't just offering tasteful pastries, it also has great coffee — including its own creation, the "Afghano", an espresso with a special "Afghan note".
But in fact, it's the whole ambience that makes Slice special and extraordinary for Afghanistan. Young people, men and women, are sitting among each other and debate freely about the current cultural or political events in Kabul. This is something new, something people just know from places like Vienna, Paris or Beirut.
Considering Afghanistan's current reality, especially in many war-torn provinces, sitting inside Slice is like sitting in a different world.
“Slice is a symbol of what young Afghans want their country to be," one journalist said.
I think she was right.
