Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Afghan Rumour Bazaar by Nushin Arbabzadah Representing the coming of age of a new generation of unashamedly globalised, open-minded and irreverent Afghans, the reportage in this book belongs to one of the most original Afghan voices heard since the toppling of the Taliban. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Ironic and humorous, witty and self-deprecatory, The Afghan Rumour Bazaar reveals the quotidian absurdities of lives framed against the backdrop of a savage war. Offering daringly new perspectives on a country readers may erroneously assume they know, Nushin Arbabzadah delves into the unacknowledged but real secret sub-cultures and hidden worlds of Afghans, from underground converts to Christianity to mysterious male cross-dressers to tales of bacha-posh girlboys. Among the individuals, fables and dilemmas she confronts are Why are Imams Telling Us About Nail Polish?, Afghanistans Rich Jewish Heritage, Kabul Street Style, The Resurgence of Afghanistans Spiritual Bazaar, and not forgetting Malalai of Maiwand, who turned her headscarf into a banner and led a successful rebellion against the British. Arbabzadah reveals for the first time Afghans own vibrant internal deliberations - - on sex and soap operas; conspiracy theories; drugs and diplomacy; terrorism and the Taliban; and how a long-dead soothsayer from Bulgaria accidentally shut down a newspaper. Many different Afghan sensibilities are presented in her book, yet together they offer an unvarnished, at times heartwarming, at times tragic, insight into one of the most complex and fascinating countries on earth. Author Biography Nushin Arbabzadah grew up in Kabul during the Soviet occupation, and as a teenager fled Afghanistan with her family. She later studied at Cambridge University and now writes a column in The Guardian. Table of Contents Prologue PART ONE A Backstory by Way of Introduction Booze Bribes and Illegal Exits Violating the Borders of Our Own Country Mission Accomplished The World is Our Oyster (or Not) In Comes the Savior Spot the First World Becoming Professionally Afghan Welcome to Globalized Afghanistan A New, Sort of Lost, Society The Islamic Republic Rises from the Ashes We Change to Remain the Same PART TWO New Gods, Fallen Deities, Forgotten Demons Nostradamus in Kabul Christianity in the Afghan Spiritual Bazaar Hidden History: Discovering a Pre-Islamic Past Afghan Sikhs: The Forgotten Victims Holy Violence Asif Mohseni: Afghanistans Turbulent Cleric Lost in Holy Translation Afghan Jews: A History of Tolerance Western Muslims: Adapting Faith Imams and Fingernails Secular Education Taliban Attacks and Theological Chaos Old Habits and New Life-Styles Gay Afghans Afghanistans Accidental Gay Pride The Trials of Transvestitism Hollywood Burqas Osama bin Laden Was Not Our Hero Kabul Street Style Fighting Women Love Kills The Lingua Franca Controversy Girls Will Be Boys Ethnic Conspiracy The Machinery of Corruption "Corruption" Confusion: A Sin or a System? Progress and Pessimism Afghan Manners and Fatalistic Security Whos to Blame? The Burden of Unresolved Grief Schoolbooks: An Insult to Afghan Literature The Self-Immolation of Afghan Women Child Rape: Speaking Out Well Grind This Axe For Donkeys Years Pashtuns Caught in Another Proxy War Remembering Afghanistans First President The Soviet Invasion The All-New, Same-Old Taliban? The Shifting Idea of Jihad Taliban Negotiations: The Key to Peace? The Talibans Strength or the Governments Weakness? Suicide Bombers Armchair Jihadis: The Glamorization of Jihad The Myth of Independence PART THREE War in Afghanistan? Yes but No but Yes but No Our Brothers to the East Are a Mixed Blessing Cheap Talk: Obama and the Taliban Operation Moshtarak: "Fighting Together" or Not Really? Obamas Nocturnal Visit Fear, Hope and Loathing in Kabul The British Policy Shift The Price of Success Opium is all We Have Killer Fungus: Poppies and Politics The Devils, Dogs and Drama of Democracy Afghan Women and Politics: Family is King The First Presidential Debate Afghans Discredit Their Own Elections Empty Slogans of Change Voting With Your Genes Elections: Paranoids, Agitators and the Indifferent The Afghan Political Comedy Show A New Cabinet Too Many Cooks in the Afghan Cabinet Progress and Stagnation in Afghan Elections The Illusion of Change Malalai Joya: The Darling of Western Liberal Left Epilogue Index Review A wry and witty narrative thats authoritative, affectionate, and at moments wonderfully absurd. With an eye for detail, and a profound sense of place, Nushin Arbabzadahs essays bring us deep inside a remarkable culture defined by its honour and humour. Afghanistans story is best told by Afghans who live with all its incongruity and still leave us agreeing its a country like no other. -- Lyse Doucet, Chief International Correspondent, BBCA fresh, funny, provocative voice. Arbabzadahs candid memories and comments are a timely reminder that Afghanistan is a country, not merely a conflict. -- Jason Burke, author of On The Road to Kandahar: Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic World and The 9/11 Wars…invaluable and ground-breaking. For the first time, an Afghan, and a woman at that, takes Westerners into the world(s) of her countrymen and gives them an insiders guide to these people who are all too often cast in simplistic, one-dimensional terms. -- Brian Glyn Williams, Central Asian SurveyPart memoir, part journalism and part storytelling, the book is a heady ride into the craziness that is Afghan life ... [Arbabzadahs] deep affection for Afghanistan is as obvious as is her amusement about the absurdity of life there ... For a look into an often misunderstood country from a woman who is both an outsider and an insider, Afghan Rumour Bazaar is a must read. -- Jyotsna Nambiar, PostNoonNushin Arbabzadahs Afghanistan is a wonderful and terrible place, a land of heart-stopping beauty and unspeakable horrors ... The book is chaotic, and wonderfully so. Its great strength as a national portrait is that the jumble of anecdote and analysis, with serious scholarship and pithy observation and trivial detail all thrown in together, feels three-dimensional and complete. -- Cordelia Jenkins, MintAfghan Rumour Bazaar ... takes the reader deep into the Afghan culture ... The book offers an almost-irreverent, splendidly revealing take on Afghanistan. -- The Telegraph (Calcutta)Afghan Rumour Bazaar by Cambridge scholar Nushin Arbabzadah is a brilliant narrative of the often-overlooked emerging threads and subcultures in Afghanistan. -- Outlook Magazine Review Quote "A fresh, funny, provocative voice. Arbabzadahs candid memories and comments are a timely reminder that Afghanistan is a country, not merely a conflict."--Jason Burke, author of On The Road to Kandahar: Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic World and The 9/11 Wars "Part memoir, part journalism and part storytelling, the book is a heady ride into the craziness that is Afghan life [Arbabzadahs] deep affection for Afghanistan is as obvious as is her amusement about the absurdity of life there ... For a look into an often misunderstood country from a woman who is both an outsider and an insider, Afghan Rumour Bazaar is a must read." -- Jyotsna Nambiar, PostNoon "Nushin Arbabzadahs Afghanistan is a wonderful and terrible place, a land of heart-stopping beauty and unspeakable horrors ... The book is chaotic, and wonderfully so. Its great strength as a national portrait is that the jumble of anecdote and analysis, with serious scholarship and pithy observation and trivial detail all thrown in together, feels three-dimensional and complete." -- Cordelia Jenkins, Mint "Afghan Rumour Bazaar takes the reader deep into the Afghan culture ... The book offers an almost-irreverent, splendidly revealing take on Afghanistan." -- The Telegraph (Calcutta) "Afghan Rumour Bazaar by Cambridge scholar Nushin Arbabzadah is a brilliant narrative of the often- overlooked emerging threads and subcultures in Afghanistan." -- Outlook Magazine "...invaluable and ground-breaking. For the first time, an Afghan, and a woman at that, takes Westerners into the world(s) of her countrymen and gives them an insiders guide to these people who are all too often cast in simplistic, onedimensional terms." -- Brian Glyn Williams, Central Asian Survey New Feature Prologue PART ONE A Backstory by Way of Introduction Booze Bribes and Illegal Exits Violating the Borders of Our Own Country Mission Accomplished The World is Our Oyster (or Not) In Comes the Savior Spot the First World Becoming Professionally Afghan Welcome to Globalized Afghanistan A New, Sort of Lost, Society The Islamic Republic Rises from the Ashes We Change to Remain the Same PART TWO New Gods, Fallen Deities, Forgotten Demons Nostradamus in Kabul Christianity in the Afghan Spiritual Bazaar Hidden History: Discovering a Pre-Islamic Past Afghan Sikhs: The Forgotten Victims Holy Violence Asif Mohseni: Afghanistans Turbulent Cleric Lost in Holy Translation Afghan Jews: A History of Tolerance Western Muslims: Adapting Faith Imams and Fingernails Secular Education Taliban Attacks and Theological Chaos Old Habits and New Life-Styles Gay Afghans Afghanistans Accidental Gay Pride The Trials of Transvestitism Hollywood Burqas Osama bin Laden Was Not Our Hero Kabul Street Style Fighting Women Love Kills The Lingua Franca Controversy Girls Will Be Boys Ethnic Conspiracy The Machinery of Corruption "Corruption" Confusion: A Sin or a System? Progress and Pessimism Afghan Manners and Fatalistic Security Whos to Blame? The Burden of Unresolved Grief Schoolbooks: An Insult to Afghan Literature The Self-Immolation of Afghan Women Child Rape: Speaking Out Well Grind This Axe For Donkeys Years Pashtuns Caught in Another Proxy War Remembering Afghanistans First President The Soviet Invasion The All-New, Same-Old Taliban? The Shifting Idea of Jihad Taliban Negotiations: The Key to Peace? The Talibans Strength or the Governments Weakness? Suicide Bombers Armchair Jihadis: The Glamorization of Jihad The Myth of Independence PART THREE War in Afghanistan? Yes but No but Yes but No Our Brothers to the East Are a Mixed Blessing Cheap Talk: Obama and the Taliban Operation Moshtarak: "Fighting Together" or Not Really? Obamas Nocturnal Visit Fear, Hope and Loathing in Kabul The British Policy Shift The Price of Success Opium is all We Have Killer Fungus: Poppies and Politics The Devils, Dogs and Drama of Democracy Afghan Women and Politics: Family is King The First Presidential Debate Afghans Discredit Their Own Elections Empty Slogans of Change Voting With Your Genes Elections: Paranoids, Agitators and the Indifferent The Afghan Political Comedy Show A New Cabinet Too Many Cooks in the Afghan Cabinet Progress and Stagnation in Afghan Elections The Illusion of Change Malalai Joya: The Darling of Western Liberal Left Epilogue Index Details ISBN1849042314 Author Nushin Arbabzadah Short Title AFGHAN RUMOUR BAZAAR Language English ISBN-10 1849042314 ISBN-13 9781849042314 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-03-25 Imprint C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Subtitle Secret Sub-Cultures, Hidden Worlds and the Everyday Life of the Absurd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom UK Release Date 2013-03-25 AU Release Date 2013-03-25 NZ Release Date 2013-03-25 Pages 224 Publisher C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd DEWEY 306.109581 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9781849042314
Book Title: Afghan Rumour Bazaar
ISBN: 9781849042314
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Afghan Rumour Bazaar: Secret Sub-Cultures, Hidden Worlds and the Everyday Life of the Absurd
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LTD
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Government, History
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Weight: 476 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Nushin Arbabzadah
Item Width: 138 mm
Format: Paperback
