The outpouring and incredible support of The Kite Runner on Broadway has sparked a conversation about Afghan culture that pulls away from what many consider the country to encompass. I am excited to have been a part of this production that is unlike anything Broadway has seen before.
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I took this photo at Bagh e Babur in Kabul
Afghan food, cultural heritage and a howler of a Halloween story, all in this post!
And happy fall to all of you long-time readers. I hope you will take advantage of the beautiful cooking pumpkins dotting grocery stores to make kadoo, braised Afghan pumpkin with a garlicky yogurt sauce.
It’s heartening to see Afghan cuisine is slowly making its way to the mainstream. I was recently featured in a HuffPost article, The Comfort and Joy of Making Afghan Food, that highlighted Afghan comfort food, family traditions, and how the recent collapse of the Afghan government has affected Afghan-Americans.
As I noted in my video, What Just Happened in Afghanistan, Afghanistan has fallen off the front pages of the news outlets but here on Afghan Culture Unveiled, we have Afghanistan in the forefront of our thoughts, all the time.
That is why I’m sharing some inspiring, thought-provoking, and informative ways you can continue engaging with Afghanistan that will warm your belly and open your mind.
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VIDEO: HOW HOLLYWOOD AND VLOGGERS MISREPRESENT AFGHAN CULTURE AND AFGHANISTAN
By Humaira
Have you ever watched a film or a TV show and thought -- What were they thinking, that would never happen?
Well, in my newest video, Misrepresenting Afghanistan on Screen, I will show you some of those cringe-worthy moments in movies and vlogs about Afghanistan that made me wonder -- What were they thinking?
I’ll walk you through a few scenes from Rock the Kasbah, a Bill Murray movie directed by Barry Levinson, to show how the costume choices and makeup clashed with the reality of how an Afghan girl from a remote village would live and wait for it, wait for it...she also happens to sing Cat Stevens’s song Wild World, in flawless English, in a cave. Don’t get me started.
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