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Embroidering Within Boundaries

Author : Rangina Hamidi
Publisher : Thrums, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780998452302
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (523 download)

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Book Synopsis Embroidering Within Boundaries by : Rangina Hamidi

Download or read book Embroidering Within Boundaries written by Rangina Hamidi and published by Thrums, LLC. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen years ago, Rangina Hamidi made the decision to dedicate her life to helping rebuild her native Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban had been driven out by American forces following 9/11, but Kandahar was a shambles. Tens of thousands of women, widowed by years of conflict, struggled to support themselves and their families. Rangina's decision was to start an entrepreneurial enterprise, using the exquisite traditional embroidery of Kandahar, to help women work within the cultural boundaries of Pashtunwali to earn their living and to find a degree of self-determination. Thus Kandahar Treasure was born. This book, written with global scholar Mary Littrell, traces the converging paths of traditional khamak embroidery, the 400 brave women who have found in it a way to build their lives, and the tenuous state of their efforts as the fate of Kandahar hangs in the balance. The late, award-winning photojournalist Paula Lerner was dedicated to telling the stories of women in Afghanistan. Her remarkable images throughout the book show Afghan women's profound struggle, strength, and beauty.

Embroidery from Afghanistan

Author : Sheila Paine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embroidery from Afghanistan written by Sheila Paine and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embroidery from Afghanistan is varied, rich, and sumptuous. This book focuses on over thirty pieces and explores the embroidery of different tribes and their geographical regions. Illustrated in full color and in detail, the textiles included will provide designers at all levels with inspiration for the use of color and pattern in their own designs. In her introduction, Sheila Paine sets the pieces in their social and cultural contexts and investigates the shared traditions of the various tribes. The costumes of men, women, and children are illustrated, as are embroideries for the home and yurt, domestic animals, and precious possessions. Information on decorative techniques, patterning, and stitching is included, together with a technical glossary that supports the main text.

The Carpetbaggers of Kabul and Other American-Afghan Entanglements

Author : Jennifer L. Fluri
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820350338
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis The Carpetbaggers of Kabul and Other American-Afghan Entanglements by : Jennifer L. Fluri

Download or read book The Carpetbaggers of Kabul and Other American-Afghan Entanglements written by Jennifer L. Fluri and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by United States and coalition forces was followed by a flood of aid and development dollars and “experts” representing well over two thousand organizations—each with separate policy initiatives, geopolitical agendas, and socioeconomic interests. This book examines the everyday actions of people associated with this international effort, with a special emphasis on small players: individuals and groups who charted alternative paths outside the existing networks of aid and development. This focus highlights the complexities, complications, and contradictions at the intersection of the everyday and the geopolitical, showing how dominant geopolitical narratives influence daily life in places like Afghanistan—and what happens when the goals of aid workersor the needs of aid recipients do not fit the narrative. Specifically, this book examines the use of gender, “need,” and grief as drivers for both common and exceptional responses to geopolitical interventions.Throughout this work, Jennifer L. Fluri and Rachel Lehr describe intimate encounters at a microscale to complicate and dispute the ways in which Afghans and their country have been imagined, described, fetishized, politicized, vilified, and rescued. The authors identify the ways in which Afghan men and women have been narrowly categorized as perpetrators and victims, respectively. They discuss several projects to show how gender and grief became forms of currency that were exchanged for different social, economic, and political opportunities. Such entanglements suggest the power and influence of the United States while illustrating the ways in which individuals and groups have attempted to chart alternative avenues of interaction, intervention, and interpretation.

Afghanistan

Author : C. Heather Bleaney
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900414532X
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Afghanistan written by C. Heather Bleaney and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a thematically indexed bibliography devoted to Afghanistan. Following the pattern established by one of its major data sources, viz, the acclaimed Index Islamicus, both journal articles and book publications are included and indexed.

Colorful Tunisian Afghans to Crochet

Author : Glenda Winkleman
Publisher : Annie's
ISBN 13 : 9781596359277
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (592 download)

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Book Synopsis Colorful Tunisian Afghans to Crochet by : Glenda Winkleman

Download or read book Colorful Tunisian Afghans to Crochet written by Glenda Winkleman and published by Annie's. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create a beautiful work of art by combining Tunisian crochet, also known as Afghan stitch--a crochet method that gives the appearance of knitting--with a pattern embroidered on top using the techniques and designs included in this manual. These six lovely afghans are all crocheted using Red Heart fine- or medium-weight yarn and are worked in panels, blocks, or one piece. Charts are included for each project to aid with embroidering a gorgeous floral design on top of the finished afghan.

Ferozkoh: Tradition and Continuity in Afghan Art (English Edition)

Author : Leslee Michelsen
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9992195983
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Ferozkoh: Tradition and Continuity in Afghan Art (English Edition) written by Leslee Michelsen and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferozkoh: Tradition and Continuity in Afghan Art represents a partnership between the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha and the students and teachers of the Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture in Kabul. The unifying theme of the exhibition is the preservation of the traditional arts of the Islamic world - in both themes and materials - in the modern world, and the role of education in its transmission and translation. Half of the objects featured in the exhibition are historical objectsmasterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art's collection, from four great dynasties with connections to Afghanistan: the Ghaznavids, Timurids, Mughals and Safavids.The other half of the exhibition presents works created specifically for the exhibition by Turquoise Mountain students in response to, and in conversation with, the historical objects. Featuring exquisite photography and unique research, this catalogue is a visually stunning representation of the exhibition and a valuable record of an extraordinary endeavour.

Learn to Make Monk's Cloth Afghans

Author : DRG Publishing Staff
Publisher : Annie's
ISBN 13 : 9780881959444
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Learn to Make Monk's Cloth Afghans written by DRG Publishing Staff and published by Annie's. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you ever used a sewing needle, you can make a wonderful monk's cloth afghan. In very little time you can learn to follow the chart and create these 10 beautiful designs on the soft cotton monk's cloth fabric. All you need is a yarn needle, regular worsted weight yarn, a piece of monk's cloth and very little time. Even those who consider themselves "all thumbs" will enjoy this easy craft.

Monk's Cloth Diamond Afghans

Author : Marilyn Magly
Publisher : Annie's
ISBN 13 : 9780881959994
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (599 download)

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Download or read book Monk's Cloth Diamond Afghans written by Marilyn Magly and published by Annie's. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan

Author : Thomas H. Johnson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 153814929X
Total Pages : 781 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan written by Thomas H. Johnson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afghanistan is an extremely complex and nuanced country that has been one of the centers of imperial conflict at least for 150 years. From the Czarist Russia’s march south in the 19th Century threatening British India, three Anglo-Afghan Wars, the Soviet Invasion and occupation of Afghanistan starting in December 1979 and the resulting anti-Soviet Jihad by the Afghan Mujahideen to Kabul’s and their allies’ (U.S. and NATO) conflict with the Taliban, Afghanistan has been one of the centers of important international and regional conflicts and events. Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan, Fifth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Afghanistan.

The Afghan Amulet

Author : Sheila Paine
Publisher : Tauris Parke Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9781845112431
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book The Afghan Amulet written by Sheila Paine and published by Tauris Parke Paperbacks. This book was released on 2006-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intrigued by an exquisite and mysterious amulet on an antique dress from Kohistan, 'land of mountains' in Pakistan, Sheila Paine began an epic quest that took her from the peaks of the Himalaya to the shores of Greece. In this, the first part of her journey, she set off alone and undaunted for the wilds of the Hindu Kush, her only possessions a tiny rucksack and a litre of vodka. Over the course of several months she followed endless clues - the patterns on a woman's dress, pendants hanging outside village houses to ward off djinns, scraps of embroidery in a bazaar - that took her to some of the most remote and inhospitable places in the world. She travelled to Makran, in Pakistan, an area closed completely to foreigners, and to Iran, where she was constantly watched by government minders. She was smuggled into Afghanistan by a band of mujahedeen, and then forged on into Iraq and Turkish Kurdistan from Iran, before one final piece of evidence led her to the small town of Razgrad in eastern Bulgaria and news of the amulet she so tirelessly sought

Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan

Author : Ludwig W. Adamec
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810878151
Total Pages : 667 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan written by Ludwig W. Adamec and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new fourth edition has been substantially expanded because so much has taken place in such a short period of time. The most important changes, however, have been made to the dictionary section, with hundreds of added or substantially revised entries on important people, places, events, institutions, practices, ethnic and religious groups, political parties, and Islamist movements, as well as significant aspects of Afghanistan's politics, economy, society, and culture.

Order and Disorder

Author : Christopher G. Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977834488
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Order and Disorder written by Christopher G. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issued in connection with an exhibition held February 26-July 29, 2012, Fowler Museum at UCLA.

Top Technique & Special Stitch Afghans

Author : Deborah Levy-Hamburg
Publisher : DRG Wholesale
ISBN 13 : 9781573671293
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (712 download)

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Book Synopsis Top Technique & Special Stitch Afghans by : Deborah Levy-Hamburg

Download or read book Top Technique & Special Stitch Afghans written by Deborah Levy-Hamburg and published by DRG Wholesale. This book was released on 2004 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 41 magnificent afghans all in one organized crochet technique and stitch library. One book includes everything from basic stitches to wonderful ages-old techniques that will elevate skills to a new level.

Afghanistan Dispossessed

Author : Razia Sultanova
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399060260
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Afghanistan Dispossessed written by Razia Sultanova and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A focused history of women and popular culture in Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion, to 9/11, to the Taliban's takeover. How does normal social, cultural, religious life survive in constant turmoil? How can the people flourish? These basic questions are examined and answered by Razia Sultanova's academic analysis and deep fieldwork, with extensive eyewitness and personal contacts and conversations with a wide variety of Afghan men and women. She looks at basic questions of gender, identity, nation, tradition, history, popular culture and especially the role of music - classical, popular, modern and contemporary - as a vital element for survival. And all is over-shadowed by the Taliban with on-going threat of terror and repression especially for women and girls. Here is a classical story of a people's struggle for everyday normality and preservation of cherished traditions in a war-torn society.

Embroidering within Boundaries

Author : Rangina Hamidi
Publisher : Schiffer + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1507302428
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Embroidering within Boundaries written by Rangina Hamidi and published by Schiffer + ORM. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Silver Medal in the Multicultural Category, 2018 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Fifteen years ago, Rangina Hamidi decided to dedicate her life to helping rebuild her native Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban had been driven out by American forces following 9/11, but Kandahar was a shambles. Tens of thousands of women, widowed by years of conflict, struggled to support themselves and their families. Rangina started an entrepreneurial enterprise, using the exquisite traditional embroidery of Kandahar, to help women work within the cultural boundaries of Pashtunwali to earn their living and to find a degree of self-determination. Thus Kandahar Treasure was born. This book traces the converging paths of traditional khamak embroidery and the 300 brave women who have found in it a way to build their lives. The late, award-winning photojournalist Paula Lerner was dedicated to telling the stories of women in Afghanistan. Her remarkable images throughout the book show Afghan women's profound struggle, strength, and beauty.

Gorgeous Knitted Afghans

Author : Fatema Habibur-Rahman
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781600593246
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Gorgeous Knitted Afghans written by Fatema Habibur-Rahman and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of patterns for afghans that mix Eastern art influences with classical and contemporary Western styles.

Culture and Customs of Afghanistan

Author : Hafizullah Emadi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313014329
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Afghanistan written by Hafizullah Emadi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afghanistan has been at the crossroads of many cultures and civilizations, occupying a unique place in the cultural geography of Central Asia. Invading tribes and armies passed through ancient Afghanistan and left their imprint on the culture, customs, and way of life there. In recent history, Afghanistan has been the focus of international attention since the Soviet invasion and occupation of 1979-1989, the brutal civil war that ensued, and the subsequent U.S. invasion to topple the Taliban regime. As the country struggles to stabilize and rebuild, this volume is the first to reveal the people and ways of life that have been in flux for so long. Emadi brings an insider's knowledge and authority to the accessible narrative. Students and general readers will find a clear explanation of the land, people, economy, social stratification, and history as context for the chapters that follow. In the chapter on Religion and Religious Thought, the predominant Islamic religion is largely intertwined with political events that have brought Afghanistan such attention. The lesser-known literature and the arts are brought to light next. A strong Architecture, Housing, and Settlements chapter highlights many styles unfamiliar to most Westerners. Coverage of Afghan cooking and cuisine brings a more intimate understanding of the culture. The chapter on Family, Women, and Gender will draw readers in with its survey of how the family works, what is expected of women, and what courtship, marriage, childrearing, and education are like today. A standout of the Festivals and Leisure Activities chapter is the vivid rendering of the sport called Buzkashi, where men on horseback vie to move an animal carcass across a field to a goal. A final chapter on Lifestyles, Media, and Education describes the urban vs. rural lifestyles, the state of communications, and the prospects for schooling post Taliban. A country map, glossary, resource guide, and photos complement the text.