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Life in a City

Sep 30, 2004 | Fariba | , [post_comments" zero="0" one="1" more="%1$s"]

Being careful in Kabul

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A Day in an Afghan School

Sep 30, 2004 | Fariba | , [post_comments" zero="0" one="1" more="%1$s"]

By Fariba Nawa September 2004 Scholastic (view article with photos at scholastic.com) Elham stands tall, all three feet of him, to read a lesson from his book in front of his fourth-grade class. His gleaming blue eyes pass quickly over the pages. Class takes place inside a tent with no seats or desks. A washed-out blackboard stands in the corner. …

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Life in a Village

Sep 29, 2004 | Fariba | , [post_comments" zero="0" one="1" more="%1$s"]

By Fariba Nawa September 2004 Scholastic (view article with photos at scholastic.com) In the northeast of Afghanistan is a village called Yaftal, built along the edge of a mountain thousands of feet high. In the summer, it is windy and sunny. In the winter, it snows and only the men in the family dare to leave the village to find …

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One Brick at a Time

Sep 28, 2004 | Fariba | , [post_comments" zero="0" one="1" more="%1$s"]

The reconstruction of Fayzabad

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Women in Afghanistan

Sep 27, 2004 | Fariba | , [post_comments" zero="0" one="1" more="%1$s"]

More freedom doesn’t mean more equality

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Iraq’s boy band dreams big

Sep 26, 2004 | Fariba | , [post_comments" zero="0" one="1" more="%1$s"]

By Fariba Nawa September 2003 Scholastic Baghdad — Five boys with a keyboard and a Volkswagen Passat. That’s all it took to form Unknown to No One, Iraq’s one and only boy band. Wide-eyed and ambitious, the boys represent the ethnic and religious mixture of Iraq. And a new spirit. Nadeem Hamid, 20; Art Haroutuanian, 26; Shant Garabitian, 25; Hassan …

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