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Tag Archives: Afghanistan

Book review: The Naked Don’t Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins (Canada)

Mathieu Wilkins’ account of accompanying a refugee on a perilous journey from Afghanistan to Western Europe

Posted byimogenglad25th Mar 202329th Mar 2023Posted inbookTags: Afghanistan, books, Canada, immigrant experience, memoir, migration, non-fictionLeave a comment on Book review: The Naked Don’t Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins (Canada)

Music of Afghanistan

Some notes on music in Afghanistan

Posted byimogenglad4th Mar 20224th Mar 2022Posted inmusicTags: Afghan Elvis, Afghan music, Afghanistan, Afghanistan month, Ahmad Sarmast, Ahmad Zahir, Aryana Sayeed, music, Taliban2 Comments on Music of Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World – extraordinary objects from 2200 BCE to 200 CE

A fascinating resource of ancient treasures from Afghanistan that survived for millennia against all odds

Posted byimogenglad28th Feb 202228th Feb 2022Posted inart, bookTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan month, art, cultural heritageLeave a comment on Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World – extraordinary objects from 2200 BCE to 200 CE

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother’s Letter to her Son by Homeira Qaderi (Afghanistan)

A gripping memoir on growing up as a teenage girl under Taliban rule

Posted byimogenglad26th Feb 2022Posted inbookTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan month, conflict, female writers, memoir, translated literature4 Comments on Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother’s Letter to her Son by Homeira Qaderi (Afghanistan)

Review of Flee: Oscar-nominated, Danish film

Moving Danish animated documentary about the experience of an Afghan man finding asylum in the West

Posted byimogenglad18th Feb 202218th Feb 2022Posted infilmTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan month, animation, conflict, Danish film, documentary, documentary film, film, film review, Flee, LGBT, movie, refugees, reviewLeave a comment on Review of Flee: Oscar-nominated, Danish film

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)

Emotionally manipulative Afghanistan-set tale of tragedy and redemption

Posted byimogenglad12th Feb 202212th Feb 2022Posted inbookTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan month, book review, books, fiction, Khaled Hosseini, south asia7 Comments on The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)

Massoud Hassani – Afghanistani Artist

An aesthetically appealing design with a practical purpose

Posted byimogenglad8th Feb 2022Posted inartTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan month, artist, conflict, Massoud Hassani3 Comments on Massoud Hassani – Afghanistani Artist

Film ‘Midnight Traveler’ by Hassan Fazili (Afghanistan)

moving and engaging documentary film about one family’s desperate struggle to flee Afghanistan

Posted byimogenglad6th Feb 2022Posted infilmTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan month, documentary, film, migration, movie, North Africa Middle East and Central Asia, refugees4 Comments on Film ‘Midnight Traveler’ by Hassan Fazili (Afghanistan)

Review no 106: Film Midnight Traveler by Hassan Fazili (Afghanistan)

moving and engaging documentary film about one family’s desperate struggle to flee Afghanistan

Posted byimogenglad26th Sep 202030th Jan 2022Posted infilmTags: Afghanistan, documentary, film, migration, movie, North Africa Middle East and Central Asia, refugees1 Comment on Review no 106: Film Midnight Traveler by Hassan Fazili (Afghanistan)

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