Afghan Voices, Afghan Stories | Marathon County Public Library

1) Above the din of war: Afghans speak about their lives, their country, and their future--and why America should listen

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Eichstaedt, Peter H

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Providing a forum for the everyday people of Afghanistan to be heard, Eichstaedt reveals the truth behind the calculated rhetoric of war, politics, and diplomacy, and suggests a path forward toward a sustainable future for Afghanistan and southern Asia.

2) Parwana: recipes and stories from an Afghan kitchen

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Ayubi, Durkhanai

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Authentic Afghan recipes interwoven with family narratives and stunning photography. Parwana tells one family's story of a region long afflicted by war, but with much more at its heart. Author Durkhanai Ayubis parents, Zelmai and Farida Ayubi, fled Afghanistan with their young family in 1987, at the height of the Cold War. When their family-run restaurant Parwana opened its doors in Adelaide, Australia in 2009, their vision was to share an authentic...

3) Welcome to Afghanistan with Sesame Street

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Peterson, Christy

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"Afghanistan is a country in South Asia known for its beautiful landscape. Friends from Sesame Street introduce readers to the country, from its tall mountains to its plentiful food markets"--

4) Afghanistan

Author

Bjorklund, Ruth

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Enchantment of the world. Second

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Explores the geography, history, and culture of Afghanistan.

5) The favored daughter: one woman's fight to lead Afghanistan into the future

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Koofi, Fawzia

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The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, the author was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the abuse of her family, the exploitative Russian and Taliban regimes, the murders of her father, brother, and husband, and numerous attempts on her life, she rose above her fate to becoming the first Afghani...

6) Open skies: my life as Afghanistan's first female pilot

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Rahmani, Niloofar

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"The true story of Niloofar Rahmani and her determination to become Afghanistan's first female air force pilot In 2010, for the first time since the Soviets, Afghanistan allowed women to join the armed forces, and Niloofar entered Afghanistan's military academy. Niloofar had to break through social barriers to demonstrate confidence, leadership, and decisiveness-- essential qualities for a combat pilot. Niloofar performed the first solo flight of...

7) Dear Zari: the secret lives of the women of Afghanistan

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Kargar, Zarghuna

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"A powerful collection of testimonies that depict the struggles and hopes of Afghan women. An often emotional and at times painful read, this book is ultimately a poignant celebration of human resilience under unimaginable duress. " —KHALED HOSSEINI, New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner

"I am deeply touched by these stories...Dear Zari should be read by anyone who cares and wants to know about Asia and Asian women."

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8) We Are Afghan Women: Voices of Hope

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Bush Institute, George W

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Afghanistan has been described as "the worst nation in the world to be a woman." More than fifty percent of girls who are forced into marriage are sixteen or younger. Too many women live in fear, and in many areas education and employment for women are still condemned. The women featured in We Are Afghan Women are fighting to change all that. From rug weavers to domestic violence counselors to business owners, educators, and activists, these courageous...

9) Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan

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Ansary, Tamim

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By the author of Destiny Disrupted: An enlightening, lively, accessible, history of Afghanistan from 1840 to today, from the Afghan point of view, that illuminates how Great Power conflicts have interrupted an ongoing, internal struggle to take form as a nation.
Five times in the last two centuries, some great power has tried to invade, occupy, or otherwise take control of Afghanistan. And as Tamim Ansary shows in this illuminating...

10) A fort of nine towers: an Afghan family story

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Omar, Qais Akbar

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A young Afghan man's searing and redemptive memoir of his family and country -- the horrors and perils he faced, his imprisonment, and quiet resistance -- reveals the truth about life in a country whose history has become deeply entwined with our own but has, until now, eluded our understanding.

11) In my father's country: an Afghan woman defies her fate

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Wahab, Saima

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Relates the author's decision, years after her father was taken away by the KGB, to relocate to her uncle's home in America, where she pursued an education and worked as an interpreter before becoming a cultural adviser for the U.S. Army.

12) The kite runner

Author

Hosseini, Khaled

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Book, Book - Large Print, Book Club Kit, CD Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present day. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy Afghan youth and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of...

13) When the moon is low: a novel

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Hashimi, Nadia

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When her happy middle-class life in Afghanistan is shattered by the rise of the Taliban and her husband's murder by fundamentalists, former schoolteacher Fereiba embarks on a high-risk effort to escape to England with her three children.

14) The opium prince

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Aimaq, Jasmine

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"Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero-turned-magnate, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating a complex identity. After years in Los Angeles, he is returning home to Kabul for the first time as the head of a US foreign aid agency dedicated to staunching the growth of the poppy fields in Fever Valley that feed the world's opiate epidemic. But on the drive back to Kabul from an anniversary trip with his wife, Rebecca, Daniel hits...

15) Ariana Magazine

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Ariana Magazine aims to showcase the beautiful side of Afghanistan from its people, culture, history, art and much more. The magazine is available both in print and digitally. It is written in English.

16) The underground girls of Kabul: in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan

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Nordberg, Jenny

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An award-winning foreign correspondent who contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times series reveals the secret Afghan custom of disguising girls as boys to improve their prospects, discussing its political and social significance as well as the experiences of its practitioners.

17) The naked don't fear the water: an underground journey with Afghan refugees

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Aikins, Matthieu

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"In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named Omar makes the heart-wrenching choice to flee his war-torn country, saying goodbye to Laila, the love of his life, without knowing when they might be reunited again. He is one of millions of refugees who leave their homes that year. Matthieu Aikins, a journalist living in Kabul, decides to follow his friend. In order to do so, he must leave his own passport and identity behind to go underground...

18) Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary

Author

Bulkin, Carleton

19) Beginner's Dari: with online audio

Author

Wahab, Shaista

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Beginner's guides

20) Pashto: Pashto-English, English-Pashto dictionary & phrasebook

Author

Awde, Nicholas

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Presents a concise Pashto-English, English-Pashto dictionary and phrase book, with additional information on the grammar and script of the Pashto language, as well as cultural information about its speakers.