Milad Faqiri on AI Music, Touring with Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Ahmad Zahir's Sampling and Indians in Vancouver

Milad Faqiri on AI Music, Touring with Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Ahmad Zahir's Sampling and Indians in Vancouver

Milad Faqiri is an Afghan-Canadian musician, keyboard player, producer, and car salesman in the Lower Mainland known online as Buy From Milad and Bad Milad, two versions of the same guy who somehow both go viral. This episode goes deep on Afghan music and the state of the scene. We get into how Milad learned to play by ear, the reality of producing for major Afghan artists with no royalties to show for it, why Afghan weddings are basically the only venue where people experience live Afghan music, and why the scene keeps recycling the same covers instead of building something original. Then AI comes up and things get interesting. Milad's parents are already obsessed with AI-generated Afghan music on YouTube and have no idea. We also get into why live performance is about to matter more, why AI still can't do comedy, and why comedy might be the real Turing test. Plus: the chaos of Afghan boat parties, the parking lot drunk guys at every wedding, assimilation and diaspora dynamics, doing business with Afghans, and what Milad actually thinks of the Vancouver Afghan community. Milad is one of those rare people who is exactly the same in person as he is online. That's either a compliment or a warning, depending on which Milad shows up. ⚠️ Viewer discretion: this episode includes adult humor, discussion of the Afghan music industry, AI and music, Taliban restrictions on music, royalty disputes, and some very honest takes on the Afghan diaspora community. Follow Our Guest: ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buyfrommilad/ [https://www.instagram.com/buyfrommilad/] ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BuyFromMilad [https://www.facebook.com/BuyFromMilad] ▶ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@badmilad [https://www.tiktok.com/@badmilad] ▶ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milad-faqiri-707a5015a/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/milad-faqiri-707a5015a/] ▶ Kane LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] ▶ AwJiz Boys LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] If you rock with the AwJiz Boys, this is how you support and get more. Patreon members get: * Free to Join * Get Episodes First * Exclusive episodes * Unfiltered conversations * Bonus content * Merch Access Join us 👇: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys⁠⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] Hey Afghans, let's get Luchak with the AwJiz Boys! You are watching the AwJiz Boys Show! What happens when two Afghans get together? Usually, just a bunch of nonsense. Join hosts Dauood and Kane as they delve into the vibrant quirks of the Afghan community, sparking conversations and (hopefully) laughs along the way. This podcast is for mature audiences (18+), as it contains adult themes and discussions. Follow Us: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] Music (@kresnt): ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg⁠⁠ [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]

Soviets, Mujahideen, Taliban: Afghanistan’s Modern History Explained by an Afghan Born Gen Z

Elham Nasra is an Afghan-born Gen Z voice living in America, known for his political commentary, sharp historical takes, and honest perspective on Afghanistan, the diaspora, and the people still living through the consequences of war. This episode is a serious history lesson with a few AwJiz jokes sprinkled in. We talk through Afghanistan’s modern political history, from the monarchy and Daoud Khan to the communists, Soviet invasion, Mujahideen, Dr. Najib, the Taliban, Karzai, Afghan diaspora identity, and the ongoing education ban on women and girls in Afghanistan. This is one of those episodes where we actually shut up and learned something. ⚠️ Viewer discretion: this episode includes discussion of war, political violence, ethnic conflict, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Mujahideen factions, the Taliban, women’s education bans, and the collapse of Afghan governments. Follow Our Guest: ▶ TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@elhamnasra⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@elhamnasra%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] ▶ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/elhamnasra/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/elhamnasra/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] Filmed at John Ahmad Rugs: ▶ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/johnahmadrugs/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/johnahmadrugs/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] ▶ Website: ⁠⁠https://johnahmad.com/pages/home-main⁠⁠ [https://johnahmad.com/pages/home-main%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] 436 S Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA ▶ Kane LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] ▶ AwJiz Boys LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] If you rock with the AwJiz Boys, this is how you support and get more. Patreon members get: * Free to Join * Get Episodes First * Exclusive episodes * Unfiltered conversations * Bonus content * Merch Access Join us 👇: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys⁠⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] Hey Afghans, let's get Luchak with the AwJiz Boys! You are watching the AwJiz Boys Show! What happens when two Afghans get together? Usually, just a bunch of nonsense. Join hosts Dauood and Kane as they delve into the vibrant quirks of the Afghan community, sparking conversations and (hopefully) laughs along the way. This podcast is for mature audiences (18+), as it contains adult themes and discussions. Follow Us: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] Music (@kresnt): ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg⁠ [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg%E2%81%A0]

Sexual Abuse with Afghan Relatives, Two DUIs, and Running the Family Business After His Brother Died | Amir John

Amir John is the 40 year old owner of John Ahmad Rugs in LA, a family business that has been running for 100 years and once supplied rugs and art to the Shah of Afghanistan. He stepped into the shop in 2022 after losing his older brother Samir, the man who had been quietly carrying their parents and the family business for years. This is one of the realest conversations we have recorded. ⚠️ Trigger warning: this episode includes firsthand accounts of childhood sexual abuse. Follow Our Guest:▶ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/johnahmadrugs/⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/johnahmadrugs/%E2%81%A0]▶ Website: ⁠https://johnahmad.com/pages/home-main⁠ [https://johnahmad.com/pages/home-main%E2%81%A0] 436 S Robertson Blvd436 S Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA ▶ Kane LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/%E2%81%A0] ▶ AwJiz Boys LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys%E2%81%A0] If you rock with the AwJiz Boys, this is how you support and get more. Patreon members get: * Free to Join * Get Episodes First * Exclusive episodes * Unfiltered conversations * Bonus content * Merch Access Join us 👇: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys%E2%81%A0] Hey Afghans, let's get Luchak with the AwJiz Boys! You are watching the AwJiz Boys Show! What happens when two Afghans get together? Usually, just a bunch of nonsense. Join hosts Dauood and Kane as they delve into the vibrant quirks of the Afghan community, sparking conversations and (hopefully) laughs along the way. This podcast is for mature audiences (18+), as it contains adult themes and discussions. Follow Us: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/%E2%81%A0] TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys%E2%81%A0] Music (@kresnt): ⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg⁠ [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg%E2%81%A0]

Tamanna Roashan (@DressYourFace) on Her 3M Followers, the Afghan Wedding Scam, and Almost Working at NASA | AwJiz Boys

Tamanna Roashan, known online as @DressYourFace to her 3M Instagram followers, joins Kane and Dauood for almost two hours of unfiltered conversation. Tamanna is the founder of DYF Beauty, creator of the bestselling Tamanna Palette with Anastasia Beverly Hills, and the first independent educator to build a 10 year global beauty masterclass tour. This is the longest, most personal interview she's done with an Afghan platform. We cover her DYF Beauty brand build (Italian color cosmetics lab), the truth about "Made in Italy" labels on luxury products, and the moment her Indian mom and Afghan dad pulled her out of an astronomy degree (she wanted to work for NASA) and pushed her into cosmetology school instead. Then the stories get real. The Abu Dhabi week long wedding she did for Roshni Roshan with 10 themed looks across 10 events. Working with Christina Milian. Why she retired from touring after a decade. And THE story: the Afghan bride who scammed her on her wedding day, took the trial, took the lashes, and had her fiance pick up the phone the morning of the wedding to say she was never booked. She also opens up about growing up half Hindu, half Muslim in a mixed faith household where the foyer had idols and the living room had Qurans, the Afghan cousins who moved in and changed her entire identity, marrying into an Afghan family, and her 5 year old son becoming the most religious person in the house. And her closing message to the next generation of Afghan women is the kind of thing you save and send to a friend: stop fighting for the one piece of pie at the table. Make more pies. Follow Tamanna Roashan: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dressyourface/ [https://www.instagram.com/dressyourface/] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dress.your.face [https://www.tiktok.com/@dress.your.face] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dressyourface [https://www.facebook.com/dressyourface] DYF Beauty: https://dyfbeauty.com/ [https://dyfbeauty.com/] DYF LIVE App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dressyourface-live/id6444506474 [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dressyourface-live/id6444506474] ▶ Kane LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/] ▶ AwJiz Boys LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys [https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys] If you rock with the AwJiz Boys, this is how you support and get more. Patreon members get: * Exclusive episodes * Unfiltered conversations * Early access & bonus content Join us 👇: https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys [https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys] Hey Afghans, let's get Luchak with the AwJiz Boys! You are watching the AwJiz Boys Show! What happens when two Afghans get together? Usually, just a bunch of nonsense. Join hosts Dauood and Kane as they delve into the vibrant quirks of the Afghan community, sparking conversations and (hopefully) laughs along the way. This podcast is for mature audiences (18+), as it contains adult themes and discussions. Follow Us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/ [https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys [https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys] Music (@kresnt): https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg]

Female Co-Founder is Disrupting the $50 Billion Global Aid Industry | Laymah Murtaza

Laymah Murtaza is the Chief Partnerships Officer and co-founder at Aseel, a hybrid tech platform that started as the "Etsy of Afghanistan" and evolved into something much bigger. The platform runs on three layers: Buy Good, an e-commerce marketplace connecting 3,000+ artisans to global customers. Do Good, a decentralized aid delivery system where donors select specific packages, fund them, and receive photo confirmed proof of delivery to verified recipients. And AidOS, a full aid operating system that nonprofits and NGOs can plug into for fundraising, beneficiary tracking via digital OMID IDs, vendor management, and real time distribution monitoring. The tech is real. Aseel digitized the entire humanitarian supply chain. Every transaction is tracked, every delivery is photographed, and every recipient is verified. They've delivered over $5M in direct aid to 600,000+ people across 24 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. Featured in TIME, NPR, Al Jazeera, BBC, and TechCrunch. Recognized by MIT Solve. Headlined AidEx 2025 in Geneva. Trusted by USAID, Save the Children, and the Vitol Foundation. Laymah breaks down the business model, what VCs actually ask during seed rounds, how their dev team operates remotely inside Afghanistan, and why most humanitarian tech is a decade behind. Follow Laymah: ▶ Instagram: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/layma_murtaza/ [https://www.instagram.com/firstclasskais/] Follow Aseel APP: ▶https://www.instagram.com/aseelapp/ [https://www.instagram.com/aseelapp/] ▶https://aseelapp.com/ [https://aseelapp.com/] ▶ Kane LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanedabir/] ▶ AwJiz Boys LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/awjizboys] If you rock with the AwJiz Boys, this is how you support and get more.Patreon members get: * Exclusive episodes * Unfiltered conversations * Early access & bonus contentJoin us 👇: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/c/AwJizBoys] Hey Afghans, let's get Luchak with the AwJiz Boys! You are watching the Awjiz Boys Show! What happens when two Afghans get together? Usually, just a bunch of nonsense. Join hosts Dauood and Kane as they delve into the vibrant quirks of the Afghan community, sparking conversations and (hopefully) laughs along the way. This podcast is for mature audiences (18+), as it contains adult themes and discussions. Follow Us: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/awjizboys/] TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@awjizboys] Music (@kresnt): ⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B6gRPGS1V6bA0DkxqJktA?si=IM9tK7R9RuO9k92njI3EXg]