Tag Archives: Central Asia

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 …

Reading: Chingiz Aitmatov – Jamila

chingiz aitmatov – jamila

chingiz aitmatov

I only recently discovered him, and was looking forward to reading The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years, when …

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

koran, kalashnikov and laptop

Reading: Daniel Ladinski Trans. – The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, The Great Sufi Master

hafiz – the gift. trans. daniel ladinsky

Reading: Afghanistan – Louis Dupree

afghanistan – louis dupree