The Last Letter from Afghanistan - Discussion
originally started on 2008-07-21 01:47:23, updated for new letter
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.
Read this last one in the series, the sixth one on the Journal, and post your responses here or email her.
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These types of letters and reflections really help to
open up what many outside of Afghanistan and of Muslim communities are missing.
They are very informative and personalizing -- particularly the little references that started out with "black tea" in the first letter and ended with "the sister" here.
Insightful and endearing -- thank you.
Thanks so much
for sharing your experience in words and photos! I can't imagine what it must be like to be there in person yet you have given me a glimpse through your own visit. The reports that we hear from most of the media could never match what you are providing, especially not in wit and clever observation for what stands out to someone from the West.
I have really
enjoyed this series ... Great work!
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If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. ~ George Carlin
yes, it's pretty great.
Thanks for doing the work to make them available. :-)
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I LOVE this series!!!
Thank you so much for writing it. It is great to hear the perspective of an unembedded regular person. Also, it enriches this site immensely.
Lovely
There's so much new attention on Afghanistan at the moment that your personal perspective is very much appreciated by this reader. Thank you for sharing the emails.