Afghanistan

changed for the women in Afghanistan. Women had the freedom to dress and present themselves according to their liking. Women dressed themselves wearing high heels, skirts that showed their bare legs, and freely styles hair and makeup. They could leave their house to go where they wanted, like any person should be able to do. Horia Mosadiq, and Afghan women, was a young girl at the time of Russia’s invasion in Afghanistan. Dealing with many changes throughout her life in Afghanistan, Horia has…

(Schirch, 2011) The right to association is guaranteed under the Afghan Constitution. There are more than 1700 national and international organization working in Afghanistan. (Transparency International, 2013) According to a new law approved in 2013, the operation of these organizations are not controlled and challenged by the government. (Freedom House, 2012) Afghan organizations and activists had been struggling with…

Cullather’s “Damming Afghanistan: Modernization in a Buffer State” discusses and analyzes the attempt of modernization of Afghanistan by the United States. During the beginning of the Cold War, “the United States made southern Afghanistan a showcase of nation building.” However, as time passed the attempt to keep the showcase eventually failed. After the overview of the American policies, such as the Helmand project, in Afghanistan, Cullather informs the readers of the history of Afghanistan. …

Hosseini, is a fictional book set in Afghanistan. Although much of the book is fictional, the culture and events occurring in the book are not. Kite Runner shows you the humanity of Afghanistan and the people who live in it. Hosseini begins his story with a peaceful Afghanistan, continues to an Afghanistan that is beginning to be struck by war, and ends with a country that is broken and barely living. In this paper, I’ll show you the reality of Afghanistan while staying within the plot of the…

it at home for yourself, to look at it and smell it. It [a woman] is not supposed to be taken out of the house to be smelled." With this quote, one get’s a glimpse of what the mind of a male who lives within the sexist roles taken upon people in Afghanistan before and during the reign of the Taliban is like. When looking at a work involving the double standards put on women, the feminist perspective uses the conflict approach to examine the reinforcement of gender roles and inequalities,…

Afghanistan I. Introduction Hook: Afghanistan…. Because we live in America, our government and hollywood have indoctrinated us over our lifetime. Why do I say that? For most of us, when I said Afghanistan we began to picture what we have been trained to think of. Ak-47’s, bearded men wearing white turbans and robes, terrorist, bombs… Our government is wrong. Hollywood is wrong. We are wrong. Wrong for judging. Purpose: Shed light on students of what the Afghan culture is and our misconceptions.…

Practicing Cultural Awareness in Afghanistan Culture is “the beliefs, customs, and way of life of a particular society, group, and place” (Merriam-Webster Inc., 2004). Location raised, language spoken, religion practiced, personal values and beliefs, and social norms of a society are all characteristics of a culture. Common cultural characteristics vary around the world. Some characteristics remain constant. Parents have pride for their children and honor for their country. Those…

Throughout recent history, Afghanistan has been a country in total turmoil. Famine, drought, civil war and Taliban have all had a drastic impact on the Afghan people. This has taken a very negative toll on all Afghan people, but none have been more negatively impacted than the women of Afghanistan. Child exploitation, Poverty, War and Low access to Health/Social services have been main contributions to their turmoil and what I will be discussing today. In Afghanistan Child exploitation is a…

Constitutional History of Afghanistan (1923 – 2004): In today’s world every countries constitution is a result of an event, and mostly emerged from an independence, revolution, or a change in regime, Kuwait wrote its first constitution after its independence 1961, India’s constitution was created after its independence in 1947, and Thailand enacted a constitution in 1932 after toppling the absolute monarchy.In this regard Afghanistan is not an exception, looking at the history of…

For kids here in the UN, they wake up, go to school, do some math problems, and read a book. This is a regular routine for them. However, girls in Afghanistan and other relating country only dream of getting a proper education. When they wake up, they will help around the house and maybe go out in public, but only with a male escort or they will get beaten. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to talk about girl’s rights to education, rights to make decisions for themselves, and rights to be seen…