Tag Archives: Afghanistan

reading: g. whitney azoy – buzkashi – game and power in afghanistan

g. whitney azoy – buzkashi

reading: christopher i. beckwith – empires of the silk road

christopher i. beckwith – empires of the silk road

reading: ahmed rashid – descent into chaos

ahmed rashid – descent into chaos

greg mortenson – three cups of tea

greg mortenson – three cups of tea

Annemarie Schwarzenbach

And so I discovered Annamarie Schwarzenbach, who to a certain kind of Berlinerin is probably quite famous, yet in English …

buzkashi, self-portrait & laptop

When I was a student, I would trundle up to Melbourne Uni and on weekends and holidays hole up the …

Reading: Antonio Giustozzi – Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan 2002-2007

koran, kalashnikov and laptop

Reading: Afghanistan – Louis Dupree

afghanistan – louis dupree

Reading: Taliban – Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia – Ahmed Rashid

taliban – ahmed rashid

Reading: Rosanne Klass – Land of the High Flags: Afghanistan When the Going Was Good

rosanne klass – land of the high flags