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Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide
Starting with a full history of the country from 1500 BC, each chapter looks at the major cities and regions, describing their distinctive cultural and ethnic traditions, their associations with poets, artists, musicians, travelers and holy men, as well as warriors and conquerors. Ancient and modern sources from Afghanistan are extensively quoted, as well as the thoughts, ...more
Paperback, 768 pages
Published
June 30th 2005
by Odyssey Publications
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Bijan Omrani, knows what he's writing about. Such love, pride and care of this country's heritage is contagious. The writing is fluent, colorful, passionate. A pleasure to read!
I would love to be at the British museum on Friday 10 of June at 18.30h to listen to him personally lecturing and signing it...
I would love to be at the British museum on Friday 10 of June at 18.30h to listen to him personally lecturing and signing it...
One of the best (and only) guide books written about Afghanistan. Although if someone plans to travel there, it is imperative to go with local people and a guide book like this should only be a guide and not a travel companion, which should be a local person.
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"Comprehensive" barely describes this wonderful book, which draws heavily from ancient and older sources to describe Afghanistan as it is, as it was, and as it has been understood by travelers over the centuries. The province-by-province organization is intelligent, illustrating the cultural diversity in a country that might be easily misconstrued as a cultural monolithic. A book to dip into, rather than read cover-to-cover, it is an amazing resource.
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