Culture of Afghanistan

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistan native named after Malalai of Maiwand, an Afghanistan hero. At age fifteen she decided to co-found the Malala Fund with her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, after being shot at point blank range by the Taliban for advocating girl's education. Malala is an activist for the right to twelve years of girl's education with the goal of giving every girl that option. Malala Yousafzai, a female advocate for women’s education, has been an admirable example of Christian service…

Afghans have played a big part in Australian history and have had a huge contribution towards the economic and social development of early Australia. The actions the Afghans performed have helped mould the Australia we know today. Through letters, immigration forms, personal possessions such as clothing and journals, historians have discovered many things about the Afghans and their job as cameleers in Australia. Before the arrival of the Afghans travel in Australia was slow as people were…

Over the decade, our country has assumed widespread operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to bring balance to those countries and secure our interests. According to (JP 3-0), " An operational environment is a composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander whereas, Commanders at all levels have their own operational environments for their particular operations” “The social variable describes the…

It is easy to standby and love something when it is beautiful, easy and peaceful but the challenge comes when that something is not so beautiful anymore, not so easy and not so peaceful instead it has become ugly, hard and dangerous. Individuals who are willing to love in the midst of darkness are truly the real heros of the world. These heroes are able to keenly analyze the present and foresee the future. They are able to see the beauty behind the madness. One such hero is a remarkable…

the novel use violence as a way to draw power. It is an important aspect in the story that Baba never hit Amir to enforce his authority. He purely used his principles and his mind. A latter conflict comes about in the story when Russia invades Afghanistan, forcing Baba and Amir to leave the country. On their journey to Pakistan Baba stands up to a soldier who is threatening to rape a woman. This scene is very ironic because Baba did exactly what Amir had failed to do. Lastly when Amir returned…

from the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur. on his father's side. Ousted from his ancestral domains in Central Asia, Babur turned to India to start his conquest. He established a homebase in Kabul and then made steady progress southward into India from Afghanistan through the Khyber’s border. Babur's forces conquered and occupied much of northern India. After his victory at Panipat in 1526. Babur preoccupied with military campaigns, did not allow him to rest easy as the new emperor. Babur soon…

in the editor 's’ description of travel writing is “control,” both generally and for Pakistan. Before reading Jamie’s essay, Pakistan seemed an “empty” place for me and probably for most Americans. In our minds, when we think about Pakistan or Afghanistan, we think of terrorists or, as Jamie worries her Scottish neighbors might think, “All Afghans were terrorists? All we got on the news was anthrax and bombs and bin Laden”(6). Reading Jamie’s essay, however, you get a whole different perspective…

because similar ideas of what materials were the most sustainable and what was the most extravagant and impressive structures applied throughout Eastern World. These differences and similarities defined the development of the Persian and Mauryan cultures. The Persian and Mauryan empires differed in their reigning religions and belief systems. Throughout the Persian Empire, people practiced Zoroastrianism which was founded by the prophet Zoroaster. This monotheistic religion was taught through…

shows the oppression on women in Saudi Arabia, where they are not allowed to drive. This source would be considered a trustworthy source seeing as it gives the testimony of a Middle Eastern man who expresses his views, that are influenced by the culture and morals that he grew up with in the Middle East. It’s a reliable source because it’s primary and it’s not coming from someone who hasn’t lived in the Middle East and who hasn’t…

In Khaled Hosseini's ¨Kite Runner¨ book, Amir and Hassan create a brotherly friendship while living with each other. Even though their social status in Kabul, Afghanistan says they are suppose to discriminate against each other because of their culture and race, they still have a friendly relationship. The two kids have a special spot underneath the pomegranate tree, where they hangout together. Throughout the book, the author, Hosseini, used the pomegranate tree to symbolize Amir and Hassan´s…