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# Covert Contact 9: Art in Afghanistan: Francesca Recchia Updates from Kabul
- URL: https://johnwlittle.com/art-in-afghanistan-francesca-recchia-updates-from-kabul/
- Published: 2014-11-28T20:37:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T16:58:43.000Z
- Description: Episode nine of Covert Contact focuses on the unusual work of Francesca Recchia. Francesca is an independent researcher and writer who has worked in many challenging places including Iraq, Pakistan, and Palestine.
- Author: John Little
- Tags: Covert Contact, Podcast, Interviews, Art, Afghanistan, Francesca Recchia

Episode nine of Covert Contact focuses on the unusual work of Francesca Recchia. Francesca is an independent researcher and writer who has worked in many challenging places including Iraq, Pakistan, and Palestine. She is currently in Kabul and this episode features several daily updates that I asked her to record shortly after I started this project. Francesca’s work is the kind of activity that so often gets overlooked in the process of rebuilding a nation that has experienced significant conflict but cultural and intellectual pursuits are a direct reflection on the society in which they take place and, in the best of times, have enough influence to transform their environment. In creating a space where art and ideas can be pursued we are giving the best parts of humanity a foothold.

You can read some of Francesca’s work at [Muftah.org](http://muftah.org/author/francescarecchia/?ref=johnwlittle.com), follow her on Twitter [@kiccovich](https://twitter.com/kiccovich?ref=johnwlittle.com), read her [blog](http://kiccovich.net/?ref=johnwlittle.com), or support her work by buying her books – [*The Little Book of Kabul*](https://littlebookofkabul.wordpress.com/buy-a-book/?ref=johnwlittle.com), [*Picnic in a Minefield*](http://www.amazon.com/Picnic-Minefield-Francesca-Recchia/dp/1940876117?ref=johnwlittle.com), and [*Devices for Political Action: The Collective Towns in Iraqi Kurdistan*](http://www.amazon.com/Devices-Political-Action-Collective-Emancipatory-ebook/dp/B00O41MBNA/ref=sr%5F1%5F2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417221453&sr=1-2&ref=johnwlittle.com).