Culture of Afghanistan

Khaled Hosseini provides a vivid portrayal of a country devastated by idealised leaders and wars initiated on it by foreign and internal forces. The narrative is in perspective of two women living in the problematic society. This text sheds light on Afghanistan and the implications of a corrupt government has brought on it 's people. Due to it 's relevance today, my view of society has been altered because of the discrepancy of this book to my regular life by religious and cultural , gender…

of soldiers from many nations occupied Afghanistan in an effort to stabilise the country. The ISAF served to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), rebuild government institutions and remove Taliban, Al-Qaeda and other factional warlords from the areas surrounding Kabul. One of these the Forward Operation Bases was known as Armadillo. Armadillo, is a Danish documentary about a group of young Royal Danish Army soldiers who are deployed to Afghanistan on their first ISAF mission. The…

incredibly well written book, once I picked it up I drove right into it, I found it extremely hard to put down. It follows the life of Amir and his best friend, Hassan growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan prior to the invasions. The writing itself was good as the author creates a warm depiction of a warm and homey Afghanistan before the coup, Soviet invasion and Taliban control. But it did leave me with a flurry of mixed emotions in which I could not fully grasp. The main character Amir, while…

Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseni is a novel based on the last 3 decades of Afghan history. It is a chronicle of the volatile events of Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post- Taliban rebuilding that puts the nation through many adversities. This presentation focuses on the time period when the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is born, in September 1996, and the impacts of the Taliban rule after this. So a tiny recap for how the Taliban reign came to be.…

(Podelco, 2002). Kite Flying—also known as "gudiparan bazi"-- is an ancient tradition in Afghanistan, also a major attraction to the country. Kite fighting is a major piece of the Afghan culture, which is shown throughout how kite fighting happens in Afghanistan, and in the novel The Kite Runner. Research The Taliban first came to power in 1994, when they started to take over the country of Afghanistan. During the Taliban's regime kite flying was not allowed. If you flew a kite the…

The ethnography of Meddle East by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea in the story of “Guests of the Sheik” remind me my own town in my home country. Being from Medial East most of the cultural norms and Islamic roles in the story looked quite familiar with the cultural norms and Islamic roles back in my country. Lived all the way down on the other side of the ocean, I personal experienced most of the life experience of Fernea, which she mentioned in her story “Guests of the Sheik”. Elizabeth Warnock…

In “Beyond the Burqa”, Zuhra Bahman states that people prefer the traditional justice system. To begin with, over 80 percent of people from the Afghan culture would be partial to the traditional justice system. According to the author,” …These customs are extremely hard to change as most Afghan people and institutions either passively endorse or actively follow them” (Bahman 325). This means that during the Taliban era people would prefer the traditional justice system just because it is…

Afghanistan is a country with a deep history. Many famous people have encountered the country including Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane. Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world with little to offer agriculturally. This paper describes Afghanistan’s population in spite of the country’s instability due to their physical environment, dysfunctional military, and lack of money. Afghanistan is a country surrounded by land. Its nearest coast line it the Arabian…

The Underground Girls of Kabul: In search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan Joy Dorsey Towson University Jenny Nordberg’s, The Underground Girls of Kabul: in search of the hidden resistance in Afghanistan is a collection of stories that shows the emerging resistance of gender norms placed on women and young girls in Afghanistan culture following the Taliban’s 2001 influence . Her aims at educating the readers knowledge of the cultural practice of this society brings to light the…

Can one group really affect the life of millions in a quick snap? Well, the Taliban did just that. The Taliban has affected the life of millions across Afghanistan throughout their reign from 1997 to 2001. The Taliban is a terrorist group established in Afghanistan. During their time of control, they had advanced slowly into taking over Afghanistan, with violence. The Taliban continued to grow and spread and began to take over countries like Pakistan. The Taliban overtime has become more…