From A Soundproof Garage In California, Round-The-Clock Afghan Variety Shows

Haroon Ebrat is both the impresario and the star of Afghan Theatre TV, which streams online in Dari (the Afghan variant of Persian) to a million viewers each month. The program mixes music videos with call-in shows and televised sketches, created and performed by Ebrat and his adult children, that have attracted more than a little controversy in the Afghan diaspora – despite the fact that the channel largely stays clear of politics.