Diara e Khial

Mohammad Zia Forogh, the founder and Director of “Diara e Khial ”, graduated fromthe Arts faculty of Kabul University in 2009,having focused on painting and calligraphy. During the last 2 years of his studies, Zia started his own art center, where he could showcase his artworks to others.

In 2011, Zia entered into Afghanistan’s professional art market. He produced more than 100 artworks ayear, showcased them, and sold them. In 2012, Zia establishedan art workshop called Diara , which after two years he renamed it to Diara e Khial. Since 2014, Zia has been professionally running Diara e Khial focusing on producingartworks with the best and highest quality.

Currently the brand operates in three sections which are teaching art, selling artworks, and selling art supplies such as paints, brushes, and frames. He has also established another workshop that primarily focuses on conceptual art.

There are multiple teams producing many types of arts across the Diara e Khialworkshops. The calligraphy team, consisting of instructors and students, focuses oncalligraphic artworks and madalas. The painting team produces paintings usingwatercolor and oil, which Zia specializes in himself. That team also completescustom orders that can be anything from historical themes, scenery, and portraitpaintings as well as visual and conceptual arts.

The inspiration behind Zia and his team’s work is their observation of daily life and people. Zia enjoys taking everyday subjects and capturing what is special about them. He also enjoys finding interesting phenomena from books and poetry, occasionally producing art from those concepts.