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Dec
2007
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Christmas day in Afghanistan
Ever wondered what Christmas in Afghanistan looks like? Nasim provides some photos from Kabul, the country’s capital:
He says:
I wish you all a great Christmas. Let 2008 be the year of peace and security. The year 2007 was bloody year for Afghan people, suicide attacks and several explosions in central of the cities. Lots of people died. Don’t forget Afghanistan, don’t forget its children, women and homeless people.
Reading Nasim’s blog makes me appreciate every single day.
We are proud and honored to be working with him on his latest project, “Afghan Press,” which will be a digital news portal that documents the latest in the country. We will announce once the project is launched.
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MERRY YALDA AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO Y’ALL !!!!!!
Merry Christmas Konrad
Esra’a, I am very curious about your passion for Afghanistan. Why do you want to help Nasim so much? Not that I think you shouldn’t, it’s really great that you are, but my question is simply why?
Beautiful but very troubled country. I’ve had a huge passion for it since I was a child when I developed an obsession with Afghan photography and documentaries. And there is something else that I can’t quite identify that’s pulling me towards that country.
Because for the longest time I felt like Afghanistan lacked a source of hope.
I felt like that until I discovered Nasim’s work and befriended him. I consider him to be one of the most prominent voices for his country. A brave man who is doing everything in his power despite the hideous amount of risks just so he can inspire some form of positive change. Not many people or networks were really giving him an opportunity to expand, which I thought got him down a little bit.
So the very least we can do, is promote his work, and help out wherever we can. He earned and deserves it. I am more than honored to be working with him in this new project.
Afghan Press is going to be great, you just wait and see!
Esra’a,
The pictures I viewed serve as a souce of hope in themselves, as I see a young ambitious Afgan man looking straight into the realities of his country, creating pictures one cannot simply ignore. Christmas looked neat within the frame of his enquiring lens. I am looking forward to seeing more of his pictures and his speculations. Merry Chritmas, Happy Eid, Happy Yalda, beautiful Afganistan
Dear Esra’a,
Very excellent article. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Would you please let me know when Nasim’s ‘Afghan Press’ is up and ready to go? I will spread the word around here (USA).
You have a warm heart, and God shall surely bless you. I pray He blesses your family and you this Christmas and everyday. Merry Christmas.
Great photos.
Simply. admirable!
Rosemary, thanks a lot for the encouraging comment.
I’d be happy to. Once it is up we would really need people like you to help spread the word.
Thanks a lot for your willingness to help out.
Everyone else, thanks for your comments. Though some people here are less pleased.
great pictures, and wonderful sentiments! Don’t know what’s more of a cultural virus, tho, a couple of plastic Christmas trees or huge piles of Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and Orange Crush (on the left of the picture).
Eric,
The way you look at the picture makes all the difference. By the way, virus’ coexist with the rest of living things, we are just not aware of it, right?