Posts tagged afghanistan
from "Two Weeks in Forever," by Peter van Agtmael, New York Times, 14 October 2009
Photographer Peter van Agtmael casts fresh light on the landscape in Afghanistan in this photo essay for the New York Times. As I watched this slide show and listened to van Agtmael's narration, it struck me that, with social networking and the Internet, we in America have more access to information about this war than any previous one, yet it seems that we are less interested or concerned than past generations, for whom every aspect of daily life was affected by the "wartime mentality." I wonder what this says about us as a culture?
Christy: 
From Afghani Women Moving Forward, by Louis Quail, Marie Claire, July 2009
I don't read many fashion magazines, but when I began flipping through a copy of the latest Marie Claire someone had left on the Staten Island Ferry, I was delighted (and surprised) to discover this article featuring five Afghan women who are taking big risks to contribute to their deeply wounded culture.
Christy: