Afghanistan: The Journal of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
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On the third anniversary of the seizure of Kabul, how do we make sense of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan?
Robert D. Crews, Editor-in-Chief of @AFG_Journal, explores the context and legacy of the anniversary on the EUP blog.
Read it now 👉 edin.ac/4cpu5RL
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On the blog!
Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed, contributor to @AFG_Journal, explores what happens when we view supernatural happenings as a wellspring of historical possibilities, rather than as excess to be cut away
👉 edin.ac/4bVk4Md
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My good friend @S_Mahendrarajah has written several books on the Persianate world. His work is amazing and deserves a follow!
I highly recommend you to buy these two: "The Sufi Saint of Jam" and "A History of Herat". The latter was released recently!
“A History of Herat” &
“The Sufi Saint of Jam”
#Iran #Afghanistan #Khurasan #Islamic #History #IslamicArt #architecture #islamicstudies #Mughals #Mongol #Timurid #Ilkhanid #Persian #Safavid #Sunni #Shia #Herat #Jami #Naqshbandi #Sufism #Sufi
Buy @ Waterstones, Amazon, etc.
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"How might a poet with dreams of messiahs and mystics help us rethink histories of ethnicity, religion, and literary transformation in the regions that would become Afghanistan?" writes @WillEBSherman
Read his blog post here: euppublishingblog.com/2022/0…
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Pashto literature and its historic ties to Sufism come to life in the brilliant work of @WillEBSherman:
"Bayazid Ansari, Mulla Arzānī, and the Roshaniyya understood their Pashto as the key to hearing the voice of God in all of creation —and even speaking God’s language anew."
"How might a poet with dreams of messiahs and mystics help us rethink histories of ethnicity, religion, and literary transformation in the regions that would become Afghanistan?" writes @WillEBSherman
Read his blog post here: euppublishingblog.com/2022/0…
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Iran's #Armenian #Christians prepare to welcome the new year (on 1/1/2022, but observe #Orthodox #Christmas on 1/6/22)
#Isfahan #julfa #Jolfa #Iran #Iranian
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Great source for book covers.
@cambUP_History @EdinburghUP
#DYK: Through #MetOpenAccess, 406,000 images of artworks from The Met collection are yours to use, share, and remix—without restriction.
What will you create?
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#Iranian #architecture #Azerbaijan #Azeri #Turkish #islamicart #islamic #Culture #History #iran #persian
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May the birth of Jesus Christ, the Prophet of peace and kindness, be merry!
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Vank (#Armenian) cathedral, New #Julfa, #Isfahan, #Iran
#architecture #Orthodox #Christianity #MiddleEast #Armenians #Iranians
Merry🎄#Christmas to all celebrating. #HappyHolidays
Photo credit: Vank Cathedral by Nima Safdarian
#architecture #travel #IranStyle
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"Shab Yalda" means Night of Nativity, birth of Sun-God Mithra, end of longest night & birth of light. It was widely celebrated in Roman Empire & was taken by Christians as Christ's birthday. Later, a change of calendar moved it to Dec 25.
juancole.com/2021/12/celebra… via @jricole
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Folk Songs as Communication, Resistance, Lament, and Entertainment Among Women in the Northeastern Afghanistan euppublishingblog.com/2021/1… via @EdinburghUP
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New on the EUP blog: Folk Songs as Communication, Resistance, Lament, and Entertainment Among Women in the Northeastern Afghanistan, from Afghanistan contributor Wolayat Tabasum Niroo: edin.ac/3GIHbdy
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"I don’t have anything I can sell, like a cow or land. My sons and I haven’t earned even one afghani since last spring. They worked on someone’s land, but the harvest froze. Sometimes they work for food." First instalment in 'Living in a Collapsed Economy' aan.af/31wtxLc
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The third edition of the national conference of linguistic heritage is scheduled to be held at the National Museum of Iran on February 21, 2022.
tehrantimes.com/news/467696/…
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If you also wonder where Persian words come from and what their literal meanings are, please read on!
tehrantimes.com/news/467410/…