Afghan Traditions

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February 23, 2014

Not every story about Afghanistan involves guns and soldiers.  We see the country through art, poetry and games - from the ancient sport of Buzkashi to Afghanistan's famous hand-woven carpets. Also, Charles Yu on living safely in a science fictional universe.

For Afghan weavers, the world is a carpet

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Anna Badkhen spent a year in the remote Afghan village of Oqa. She got to know the master weavers, who make some of the world's most beautiful carpets.

Generations of Afghan women sharing the landay

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Afghan women are complicated. They pray, have affairs, and get mad at their children. But it seems one thing binds them — the landay. Poet and journalist Eliza Griswold went to Afghanistan in 2012 learn more about a type of poem that Afghan women have been sharing since 1700 BCE.

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10:02
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Background Music: The Silk Road, --Cocktails on the Planet of the Apes - The Metrolites, --Panta Rei (Max Cooper Remix), --"Tamer Animal/Other Side" by Atoms for Peace, --"Ingenue" by Atoms for Peace

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February 23, 2014
Guests: 

Anna Badkhen

Writer
annabadkhen.com

Eliza Griswold

Poet and Journalist
poetryfoundation.org
newyorker.com
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Hanan Al-Shaykh

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Politics and History
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October 19, 2022