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Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan by Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, et all 2010-06-29 Giving Light and Hope in Rural Afghanistan: Enlightening Women's Lives with Solar Energy by Karina Standal, 2010-06-08 Afghanistan on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Three Essays on Culture and Society by Pierre Centlivres, 2010 Women in Afghanistan Women's human rights and the conversation across cultures.(Globalization and Comparative Family Law: A Discussion of Pluralism, Universality and Markets): An article from: Albany Law Review by Penelope Andrews, 2003-12-22 Oeuvres geantes et culture mondialisee: quelques reflexions sur la destruction des Bouddhas geants de Bamiyan.: An article from: Etc. Montreal by Michael La Chance, 2001-09-01 AFGHANISTAN: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family</i> by SHAHIN GERAMI, 2003 Radio Television Afghanistan The Republic of Afghanistan Karmal's press interview with foreign jounalists, Jan 23, 1980 (Dalwa 3, 1358) by Babrak Karmal, 1980 Babrak Karmal greets Afghan nation, Jadi 6, 1358 (Dec. 27, 1979): Karmal's speech on the occasion of 15th anniversary of united PDPA, Jadi 11, 1358 (January, 1980) by Babrak Karmal, 1980 Afghanistan in the Cinema by Mark Graham, 2010-04-07 Good Morning Afghanistan by Waseem Mahmood, 2010-05-01 Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Robert D. Kaplan, 2001-11

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101. Asian And African Languages
     Research in the languages, literatures and cultures of East Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, Iran, afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan, and India, as well as the history of the IndoEuropean and Semitic languages.  
     http://www.afro.uu.se/eng.html
     
     Extractions: (in Swedish) Department of Asian and African Languages At the Department of Asian and African Languages old traditions of education and research in Oriental languages at Uppsala University are treasured. As one of the first chairs in the University, for example, the professorship of Semitic Languages dates back to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Many other Oriental languages have also been taught for centuries but a remarkable renewal of the aims and methods of their study has taken place, especially during the last few decades.

102. Afghanistan Dossier: A Cultural Crossroads
     All these movements of peoples, goods and ideas made afghanistan a cultural treasuretrove,and various sites were listed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List  
     http://www.rnw.nl/humanrights/afghanistan/html/culture001025.html
     
     Extractions: Afghanistan has always been a crossroads for the cultures of the Indian subcontinent, the Iranian plateau, the Central Asian steppes and China. During the Bronze age, Afghanistan was one of the trade centres. Later, the Silk Route passed through Afghanistan. Caravans from China, Rome and India arrived in the northern Afghan city of Balkh. All these movements of peoples, goods and ideas made Afghanistan a cultural treasure-trove, and various sites were listed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. By the 1960s, Kabul Museum had built up the most opulent collection in all of Central Asia. The exhibits and storerooms contained a unique collection of artefacts covering 100,000 years of civilisation, all of them coming from Afghanistan itself. During the years of mayhem that preceded the Taliban's capture of the capital in 1996, 80% of the treasures in the Kabul Museum were looted. Security The museum is located in the southern suburbs of the capital. Little remains in that part of Kabul, except kilometres upon kilometres of rubble. Each time another group gained control, they posted guards to protect the museum. "When there wasn't any fighting or anything to do and the guards got bored," says

103. Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage
     afghanistan s Cultural Heritage. afghanistan has a rich and long cultural heritage. Itwas under the Timurids that afghanistan reached its cultural zenitth.  
     http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~rc391/betty/Afghanpage1i.html
     
     Extractions: CULTURE Afghan Art and Music THE WEB INFORMER You will need the Real Audio player to listen to the media clips on the Web Informer site. Download it now, for free What are your comments on the issues raised in this story? We would like to hear your view. Afghanistan has a rich and long cultural heritage. Its location on the the old Silk Route between China and the Middle East means it's cultural life has been subject to many influences. It has the (dubious) honour of being been occupied by many great civilizations including Greek, Persian and Indian. This melting pot has produced a number of ethnic groups. Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks and Turkmens form the majority, whilst Baluch, Turkmen, Aimaq, Nuristani, Pamiri, Pashai, Kirghiz and Kazakh all call Afghanistan their home. The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism began here around 600 BC century (one of the world's first monotheistic religions), Buddhism spread and remained strong until the 10th century AD and Islam arrived in the 7th century AD.

104. Afghanistan's Rich Cultural Heritage In Ruins
     Ehsanullah Mamundzai of the SPACH (Society for the Preservation of afghanistan sCultural Heritage) says that during the 1980s, the cultural heritage of  
     http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/DB06Ag01.html
     
     Extractions: Indeed, that is why the reconstruction and preservation of Afghan heritage is the focus of "International Year of Cultural Heritage - 2002", launched by Koichiro Matsuura, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) last month here in Islamabad. Afghanistan, after all, was once fought over by the some of the greatest names in the history of mankind, among them Alexander the Great. The northwestern city of Herat was made the capital of the Mongol conqueror Tamerlane in the late 14th century, and subsequently became a center of Persian art and learning. UNESCO's Pakistan representative, Ingeborg Breines, said that although it is hard to include culture in the Afghan reconstruction efforts at this stage, the UN agency is still working to integrate the restoration and preservation of the cultural heritage into the country's policies and plans. "The immediate priority is the formation of a cultural policy by the Afghan government, revival of Kabul museum and the reconstruction of Islamic cultural heritage in Herat city," she said. "As in [other] post-conflict countries, it is extremely important that the people in the new rebuilding operation be rallied at something that could give them national identity - and that they care not only for the Islamic but also pre-Islamic culture."

105. Dari Language,
     member of the Iranian branch of the IndoIranian family of languages; it is,along with Pashto, one of the two official languages of afghanistan.  
     http://www.sabawoon.com/afghanpedia/Language.Dari.shtm
     
     Extractions: HOME NEWS EDITORIALS ARTICLES ... LETTERS JOURNALS AFGHANPEDIA eLIBRARY ART GALLERY FEEDBACK member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages; it is, along with Pashto, one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. Dari is the Afghan dialect of Farsi (Persian). It is written in a modified Arabic alphabet, and it has many Arabic and Persian loanwords. The syntax of Dari does not differ greatly from Farsi, but the stress accent is less prominent in Dari than in Farsi. To mark attribution, Dari uses the suffix -ra . The vowel system of Dari differs from that of Farsi, and Dari also has additional consonants. About one-third of the population of Afghanistan, i.e. , about 5,000,000 people (Tadzhik, Uzbak, Turkman, Hazarah, Some Pashtoon), speak Dari. It is the primary language of the Tadzhik, Hazara, and Chahar Aimak peoples. Dari, rather than Pashto, serves as the means of communication between speakers of different languages in Afghanistan. Afghanpedia Table of Content

106. National Geographic: Afghanistan - Educational Resources
     map of afghanistan, and determine how the cultural differences in afghanistancompare, statistically, to the cultural differences within their classroom.  
     http://www.nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis/education.html
     
     Extractions: Home Site Index Customer Service Shop MAGAZINES: National Traveler Adventure NG Kids NG Explorer TV AND FILM: Channel (U.S.) Channel (Intl) Explorer GUIDES: Adventure and Animals and History and Maps and News Photography Travel For Kids For Students For Teachers Complete Site Complete Site Index Subscribe Shop

107. National Geographic: Afghanistan - Maps, News, Photos, More
     Help kids understand afghanistan and cultural conflict online activities,teachers guides, lesson plans, and more. National Geographic  
     http://www.nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis/
     
     Extractions: Home Site Index Customer Service Shop MAGAZINES: National Traveler Adventure NG Kids NG Explorer TV AND FILM: Channel (U.S.) Channel (Intl) Explorer GUIDES: Adventure and Animals and History and Maps and News Photography Travel For Kids For Students For Teachers Complete Site Complete Site Index Subscribe Shop Bin Laden Hunt Hurt by U.S. Disrespect of Afghans, Experts Say

108. Culture Without Context: Issue 11, Afghan Cultural Heritage In Norway
     For example, UNESCO and the Ministry of Information and culture of Afghanistanorganized in May 2002 an international seminar about the rehabilitation of  
     http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/IARC/cwoc/issue11/afghanscrolls.htm
     
     Extractions: Norway. T he demolition of the Bamiyan Buddhas in March 2001 caused outcries of disgust around the world, including Scandinavia. Yet, at the same time, collectors and museums continued to drain Afghanistan of its cultural heritage. This article examines a Norwegian case, the first- to seventh-century ad fragments of Buddhist manuscripts from Afghanistan presently owned by the Norwegian businessman Mr Martin Schøyen. As widespread plundering is already a fact and valuable artefacts are in circulation, any line of action must represent a compromise between conflicting considerations. Organizations such as SPACH and the Afghan Museum in Exile have arrived at the conclusion that they must acquire important cultural artefacts themselves to secure their return to Afghanistan. This is, of course, a difficult policy to pursue, as it could stimulate black-market trading and plundering in Afghanistan (and other places). Still, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and UNESCO support this policy. In The Times (June 22, 2002) Colin Renfrew also suggested that the Schøyen manuscripts should be donated to the UNESCO-approved Afghan Museum in Exile. Several examples of repatriation demonstrate that corrupt third world governments place antiquities back on the black-market.

109. Afghanistan's Lost Cultural Heritage
     November 28th, 2001 (second hour). afghanistan s Lost Cultural Heritage.  
     http://archives.theconnection.org/archive/2001/11/1128b.shtml
     
     Extractions: Their clashes brought barbarism, their beliefs: inspiration. Dueling legacies for a country suddenly on the cusp of stability, at a new crossroads, where hope stares down destruction. But what the bombs haven't destroyed, neglect, ideology and rogue excavations have. Afghanistan's trove, centuries' old Buddhas, precious stores of gold and silver coins, exquisite Indian ivory panels, it's all been reduced to rubble...or loot. Guests: Christian Manhart, Program Specialist in Charge of Asia in the Division of Cultural Heritage of Unesco; Dr. Vishaka Desai, Senior Vice President and Museum Director of the Asia Society; Dr. Hugo Weihe, International Specialist for Indian and South Asian art for Christie’s; and John Eskenazi, owner of the John Eskenazi Gallery in London.

110. HERITAGE @ RISK: AFGHANISTAN
     The Society for the Protection of afghanistan s Cultural Heritage (SPACH) isespecially committed to the rescue of the sites and cultural property of  
     http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/afgha_2000.htm
     
     Extractions: After more than two decades of warfare, Afghanistan is a country today, whose entire cultural heritage is endangered most directly by arbitrary acts of destruction. Its heritage at risk is not only the world-famous Buddhas of Bamiyan, those huge statues (from the 7 th to 8 th century) cut into 60 m and 36 m high cliff-faces, which have been severely damaged by grenade attacks. Such destruction, which must be regarded in the context of fundamentalist "iconoclastic ideology", favours the reckless exploitation of the country’s cultural heritage for the sake of the art market. Not only are archaeological sites being sacked, but also the outstanding collections of the Kabul Museum, hit by a rocket in 1993 during a battle between rival Mujaheddin groups, were pillaged, and the objects finally showed up on the international art market. Besides man-made disasters in Afghanistan, there are also risks of earthquakes, land slides and the occasional flooding of rivers. The minaret at Jam, for example, whose foundation walls are endangered by a nearby river, needs urgent safeguarding. Considering the desperate situation in Afghanistan, UNESCO has tried to react with emergency plans, also involving the International Committee of the Blue Shield. The Society for the Protection of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (SPACH) is especially committed to the rescue of the sites and cultural property of Afghanistan. SPACH has also published more detailed information in its regular Newsletter (Issue 6, May 2000). The well-informed report on Afghanistan in

111. Cultural Terrorism
     international outcry caused the Taliban high command to prohibit the Buddhas destruction and promise that the cultural heritage of afghanistan would be  
     http://www.archaeology.org/0105/newsbriefs/afghan.html
     
     Extractions: Your browser does not support javascript Cultural Terrorism Volume 54 Number 3, May/June 2001 by Kristin M. Romey "The real God is only Allah, and all other false gods should be removed." This statement from the one-eyed cleric Mullah Omar sent a chill through the international community following an edict issued by Afghanistan's fundamentalist Taliban regime announcing that all pre-Islamic statues in the country were to be destroyed. That edict, and the resulting destruction, has been universally condemned as "cultural terrorism." Among the targeted relics were the Bamiyan Buddhas, two enormous 1,500-year-old statues hewn out of a cliff in the valley of Bamiyan, 140 miles northwest of the Afghan capital of Kabul, that were once one of the country's most popular tourist attractions. Destruction of the Buddhas was said to be completed by March 12. A Taliban guard has also reported that the second-century B.C. Buddhist complex in Ghazni was razed two weeks before the edict was issued. Many areas where the destruction is occurring have been sealed off to outsiders, making independent verification impossible at this time. The Taliban seized control of much of Afghanistan in the mid-1990s and has since enforced an extreme interpretation of Islamic law. Women cannot work or attend school and are not allowed out of the house without a spouse or male relative. Music, cinema, and photography of people and animals are among the hundreds of aspects of modern life that are banned.

112. Visiting Arts | Publications | Afghanistan: A Cultural Overview
     afghanistan A Cultural Overview. Click here for information on afghanistanA Cultural Overview, afghanistan A Cultural Overview.  
     http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/publications/03afghanistan.html
     
     Extractions: The Profile also contains a comprehensive contacts listing of key arts organisations operating in the following sectors: Visiting Arts is currently identifying funds to transfer the profile to a website, but, in order to distribute the information quickly, the profile is avaible in pre-published draft form. If you would like to order your copy of the Profile, please contact Tahnee Wade, Asia Pacific Projects Manager

113. Taliban Regime Sets Out To Obliterate Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage
     bodies and governments. Taliban regime sets out to obliterate afghanistan scultural heritage. By Sarath Kumara 7 March 2001.  
     http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/mar2001/afgh-m07.shtml
     
     Extractions: 7 March 2001 Use this version to print Send this link by email Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement is proceeding with the wholesale demolition of thousands of statues and artifacts across the country, including two giant Buddha stone statues in the central Bamiyan province, despite widespread international outrage and protests from archeologists, museums, cultural bodies and governments. The Islamic fundamentalists spurned a direct appeal from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) and rejected offers from museums and governments to buy the irreplaceable items to prevent their destruction. It is certainly true that the UN and the major powers have done little to alleviate the suffering of tens of thousands of Afghanis who have been forced to flee their homes in search of food and water after being hit by serious drought. An estimated 80,000 refugees are crowded into camps around the city of Herat in appalling conditions and a further 150,000 have fled across the border into neighbouring Pakistan. At the end of last year, the UN Security Council at the instigation of the US and Russia imposed tough new economic and diplomatic sanctions on Afghanistan which will compound the poverty facing many Afghanis.

114. Bureau Of Educational And Cultural Affairs – U.S. Department Of State
     States April 26, 2004 In support of the administration s ongoing commitment to rebuildingAfghanistan, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs welcomed  
     http://exchanges.state.gov/
     
     Extractions: Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison met with a group of Iraqi businessmen at the State Department on Thursday, May 27. The right hands of these seven men were amputated as a form of punishment during Saddam Hussein's regime. The group was in Washington after receiving new prosthetic hands in Houston, Texas earlier in the month. ECA facilitated meetings with Secretary Powell and business leaders from the Washington, D.C. area. The Iraqi businessmen also visited the White House and met with President Bush. View Photos: Iraqi Amputees with President Bush and with Colin Powell Secretary Powell Notes Importance of International Exchanges in Remarks to U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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