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OFAS — Organization For Afghan Students

Organization for Afghan Students · Cornell

Afghan culture, student community, and Cornell connection in one place.

OFAS celebrates Afghanistan's rich culture, supports Afghan students, and engages Cornell through programs, conversation, hospitality, and student-led care.

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Students gathered in traditional Afghan attire at an OFAS celebration.
This semester

On the calendar

Upcoming OFAS gatherings — panels, celebrations, and community meals. Announcements land on CampusGroups first, then here.

Programming for the semester is being scheduled.

Announcements — Nowruz, Mehmani Night, house dinners, and more — land on CampusGroups first. That is the surest way to hear about a gathering before the room fills.

Follow OFAS on CampusGroups →
From the archive

Scenes from the community

Cultural nights, leadership handoffs, advocacy, and afternoons by the water — a few frames from the OFAS archive.

  • The OFAS board in traditional Afghan dress stands together in front of a curtain of string lights at its 2025 farewell.
    Board Farewell 2025@cornell.afghans Instagram
  • “Get to Know Our E-Board” graphic with the 2025–26 board standing behind an OFAS table draped with the Afghan flag.
    E-Board 2025-2026@cornell.afghans Instagram
  • Mehmani Night 2024 poster built around a vintage photograph of young Afghan men gathered on a hillside.
    Mehmani Night 2024@cornell.afghans Instagram
  • Flyer for the Rally for Afghan Women & Girls on December 9, 2024, outside Day Hall, showing schoolgirls writing at their desks.
    Afghan Women Rally 2024@cornell.afghans Instagram
  • Students line up at picnic tables of food on the grass at Stewart Park.
    Stewart Park BBQ 2024@cornell.afghans Instagram
  • Guests seated at round tables fill the hall for the Nowruz 2024 dinner.
    Nowruz 2024@cornell.afghans Instagram
  • Students in colorful Afghan dresses dance as the crowd claps at Mehmani Night 2023.
    Mehmani Night 2023@cornell.afghans Instagram
  • Three OFAS members at the organization’s ClubFest table, draped with the Afghan flag.
    ClubFest Fall 2023@cornell.afghans Instagram
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The Organization For Afghan Students at Cornell University celebrates Afghan culture, supports students, and welcomes the broader Cornell community into shared programs.

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CampusGroups members
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Student officers
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Recorded programs
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Find your place in the OFAS community.

Join OFAS on CampusGroups, follow event updates, and stay connected with Afghan student life at Cornell throughout the semester.

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