We’re thrilled to introduce the speakers for our second panel, moderated by Dr. Merga Yonas Bula. This session explores how digital infrastructures, policies, and communities shape the lives of diaspora populations from governance and repression to integration and identity.


Dr. Asli Telli – The Digital Dimensions of Transnational Repression: Mechanisms of Control and Sovereignty over Diaspora Communities in Germany
Ali Reza Hussaini – Mapping Afghanistan Diaspora Organizations: Digital Infrastructures, Community Dynamics, and Communication Across Borders

Dr. Hazrat Bahar – Integrating the Afghan Diaspora in Germany: Communities, Challenges, and Policy Implications

Dr. Kefa Hamidi, Abumoslem Khorasani & Ramin Kamangar – AFGfluencers – Actors, Arenas and Issues: The Case of the Afghanistan Diaspora in Germany


Join us for a powerful conversation on how diasporic communities navigate control, connection, and communication in transnational contexts.

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