I started Afkary as a way to share things things that are outside the scope of YouTube videos. The name itself is a transliteration of an Arabic word – “افكاري”, meaning “my thoughts”.
I originally started this site in 2022, but after moving to Japan this place inevitably fell out of my conscious mind as I struggled to balance my worklife, personal projects, and the quest to find a more active social life. Unfortunately when my guard was down (and seemingly the guard of my ever-useless webhoster), this site was hijacked in an opportunist attack to turn it into some kind of scammy gambling website. Thankfully the attackers weren’t able to have their way with it, but it did result in Afkary and most of my other sites having their directories scrambled, necessitating starting from scratch.
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