The Last Letter from Afghanistan - Discussion

Beth Richards returns from Afghanistan and shares her letters home.

In the latest, her sixth and last, Beth Richards shares what it is like to go through security checkpoints at the airport, Afghani style. In her fifth letter home, Richards continues her sight-seeing, this time with plenty of photos-- and shares her meditations on the abaya, the chador and the burqa. In the fourth letter, she goes sightseeing -- and describes the Blue Mosque, the Minarets, the Royal Palace, and of course, the food. In her third letter, she discusses Afghanistan television, the Bollywood dialogs, the Iranian bizarre triangle head puppets teaching about HIV and AIDs. In her second letter, she reports on the day-to-day aspects of life in Afghanistan.

In her first, she describes the city of Herat, her project at the university there, burqas and the call to prayer.