Category Archives: soceity

A fact about Afghan society

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Ehsan's webblog

The current weight of the mullahs in Afghan society is hard to gauge; however, it should be considered that if closer relatives are included (children, wives, parents, and siblings), the sheer demographic weight of the category must be no less … Continue reading →

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Maybe a difference in Afghan society after 2001

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Ehsan's webblog

By contrast, under the post-2001 regime, the clergy has steadily been losing influence, due to a series of developments such as the overhaul and expansion of state education, the arrival of the modern mass media and in particular television, and … Continue reading →

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Pictures of old Afghanistan depict better times

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Ehsan's webblog

The president of Cal State East Bay in Hayward happens to be from Afghanistan, and has a collection of incredible old news footage and pictures of his country from back in the 1950s and 1960s. They show a sharp contrast … Continue reading →

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Peoples’ mentality, the main infrastructure

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Ehsan's webblog

I read “An airport gives a traveler a first impression of a country or a city. It can serve as a preview of the place’s architecture, efficiency or even its tidiness.” I’d like to add to it. For me an … Continue reading →

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List of libraries in Kabul

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Ehsan's webblog

Academy of Sciences Library Afghan Cultural House Library Afghan Institute of Archaeology Library Afghanistan Center at Kabul University Afghanistan National Institute of Music Library Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Library Bernice Nachman Marlowe Library Delegation Archeologique Francaise en Afghanistan Library … Continue reading →

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The Afghanistan Digital Library

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Ehsan's webblog

Afghanistan’s legacy of publishing is in clear danger of disappearing. The earliest publications appearing in Afghanistan are extremely rare and, judging by their absence from library collections around the world, are to be found now almost exclusively in private collections, … Continue reading →

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Massa Cygnet and Friends Concert in Kabul

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Ehsan's webblog

‘Massa Cygnet and Friends Concert – A night of Electronic, Analogue and Traditional Music Fusion’ was the name of the concert which was held on Wednesday, May 9th at Esteqlal High School in Kabul – in Parsi ‘esteqlal’ means ‘independence’. … Continue reading →

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The Buddhas of Bamiyan

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Ehsan's webblog

Dr Llewelyn Morgan, Classics Fellow at Brasenose College, has published The Buddhas of Bamiyan, a book about the two massive statues of Buddha in Afghanistan, carved in the sixth and seventh centuries but destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. The book, … Continue reading →