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AFGHAN EXPERIENCE

Take Another Look at Afghan Life!
By Ajmal Akbar

My Love for Afghan Music
By Jimmy Anderson

In Search for an Open Door
By Zarlacht Atiqzoy

Proud to be Afghan
By Farhad Azad

The Helmand: Exquisite Four Star Afghan Cuisine
By Farhad Azad

An Afghan Wedding
By Lydia Wiggins-Azimi

Growing up in America
By Hamid Ebrahimkhil

Afghan Bashing
By Katrin Fakiri

Now Roz dar Herat
By Baba Haji

First Generation Immigrants
By Sonia Rahel

Being Different (Part I)
By Sonia Rahel

Being Different (Part II)
By Sonia Rahel

Striving For Inner Strength
By Sonia Rahel

Beauty Before Age : A Cultural Consideration
By Dr. G. Rauf Roashan

Light at the End of the Tunnel
By Mir Hekmatullah Sadat

One Nation Under God?
By Mir Hekmatullah Sadat

Lost to Cancer
By Mahtaab Shabzad

Memories of Days Gone
By Mahbub Shansab

Afghan Youth in Northern Califorina
By Soonya Shefayee

My Little Afghanistan in Germany
By Mariam Tutakhel

Afghans by the Bay
By Mizgon Zahir

Verbal Abuse
By Mizgon Zahir



AFGHANISTAN GEOGRAPHICS:

The First Slap of War:
An Uncompleted Tour of My Homeland

By Daud Saba

Faryab (Journey)
By Daud Saba

Zabul (Journey)
By Daud Saba

Balkh (Journey)
By Daud Saba

Helmand (Journey)
By Daud Saba

Laghman (Journey)
By Daud Saba

Herat (Journey)
By Daud Saba

The State Of Environment in Afghanistan & Our Stand
By Daud Saba

Organic or Modern Agriculture
By Sayed Toora



BOOK REVIEWS:

A Closer Look at Afghanistan: The Land of Epics and Tragedy
By Saraj-al-Din Adib
Translated from Dari by Mir Hekmatuallah Sadat

Afghanistan: Land in Shadow: A Review
By Khaleda Atta

The Dinosaur's Country: A Review
By Farhad Azad

Interview with Dr. Amin Azimi on His Book Memory of a View
By Farhad Azad

A Review of Wonderland and an Interview
with the Author Fevziye Rahgozar

By Farhad Azad

Review on Gemstones of Afghanistan
By Farhad Azad

A Review of Kabir Helminski's Book Love is a Stranger
By Zaheda Ghani



EVENT REVIEWS:

The Legacy of Ahmad Zahir:
His Soul Lives On

By Khaleda Atta

Ehsan Aman Concert Brings Help to Quake Victims
By Khaleda Atta

Aid Relief Efforts Made by Afghans in
America for Earthquake Victims

By Khaleda Atta

International Women's Day Aims at
Bringing Hope to Women in Afghanistan

By Khaleda Atta

Now Roz in the San Francisco Bay Area
By Yama Atta

San Francisco Bay Area Now Roz Celebration
By Sonia Rahel Ahmadzai & Soleiman Rahel

Afghan Community Shares in Season of Giving
By Wajma Basharyar

Cross Roads of Asia: The Afghan Art Exhibition
By Yamah Ghiassi

Soccer Photos:1998 Afghan Soccer Challenge Cup
By Yamah Ghiassi

SF Bay Area Soccer Tournament
By Wahid Momand

In Search for Peace
By Daud Saba

International Women's Day 2000: Women Writers Gather to Raise Funds to Educate Afghan Girl
By Zahera Saed

Symposium on the Heritage of Afghanistan
By Flouran Wali

Inter-Afghan Youth Summit
By Mizgon Zahir

ESSAYS:

Landmines: "Reaping What Has Been Sown"
By Mir Hekmatullah Sadat

FICTION:

The Wages
By Hamid Alipour
Translated from Dari by Farhad Azad

A Kiss by the River
By Farzad Bahari

The Broken Window
By Farzad Bahari

Dance of the Moth
By Farzad Bahari

The Old Man of Paghman
By Farzad Bahari

An Old Garden
By Farzad Bahari

Afghanistan...
By Zaheda Ghani

Her Faithful Eyes
By Roya Khorshid

Were We Bad?
By Roya Khorshid

The Leather Shoes
By Roya Khorshid

That on Top and This on Bottom!
By Akram Osman
Translated from Dari by Farhad Azad

Princess of Waltzes
By Fevziye Rahgozar

Paa-e Chobin-e Omar
By Fevziye Rahgozar

Sakeena's Bangles
By Zahera Saed

Kala Shoorw
By Zahera Saed

Beware of the Enemy's Tricks: A Folk Tale
By Nilufar Shuja

The Composition
By Rahward Zariab
Translated from Dari by Dr. S. Wali Ahmadi



HISTORY:

Ancient Kabul: Two Forgotten Places:
Tapa Khazana and Takht-e Shah

By Nabi Kohzad
Translated from Dari by Farhad Azad

Ancient Musical Instruments of Afghanistan
By Nabi Kohzad
Translated from Dari & edited by Farhad Azad

Dari Literature during Ghaznawid Era
By Ms. Nahid

Now Roz: Festival of the Red Flower
By Dr. G. Rauf Roashan

The "Hamaam"
By Daud Saba

The Dreaded Devil's Spiral:
Treaties & Events leading to the 1979 Invasion

By Mir Hekmatuallah Sadat

From Aryana to Afghanistan:
The Historic Role of the Afghan Flag

By Mir Hekmatullah Sadat

The Lost Treasures
By Mir Hekmatullah Sadat



MUSIC:

A Magical Conversation with Rebabnawaz Larry Porter
By Farhad Azad

Kharaabat
By Yousef Kohzad
Translated from Dari by Aziz Ahang Herawi

Folk Music Reborn: Part I

Zahir Howaida (July-Sept 1998)

Naashnaas (July-Sept 1998)

Naim Popal (Jan-March 1998)

Sarban (Oct-Dec 1997)

Nasrat Sharqi (Oct-Dec 1998)

Ahmad Wali (Jan-March 1999)

Ahmad Zahir (July-Sept 1997)

Ahmad Zahir: Vol I (Oct-Dec 1999)

POETRY:

saft-e yaar
By Aashiq

chang-zaanan
By Mohammad Rahim Alhaam

Atish Fishon (Volcano)
By Qais Arsala

My Beloved Land
Qahar Asi
Translated from Dari by Sherief Fayez

saaz
By Qahar Asi

ke maydaanad?
By Qahar Asi

Moments
By Zarlacht Atiqzoy

The Voices of Rain
By Zarlacht Atiqzoy

Ageless Beauty
By Dr. Amin Azimi

Arezou-e dereen
By Dr. Amin Azimi

arezo
By Dr. Amin Azimi

yar-e dou-rang
By Dr. Amin Azimi

tofaan-e-shab
By Dr. Amin Azimi

yaar o bahar
By Dr. Amin Azimi

goft baa khod
By Dr. Amin Azimi

The Poetry of Dr. Amin Azimi

hasay maast yem
By Rahman Baba

ahesta
By Farzad Bahari

yak Afghan
By Farzad Bahari

Scent of the Wind
By Farzad Bahari

barf
By Ustad Abdul-haq Betaab

aftaab-e zendagi
By Noozar Elias

khaaterat-e seyaa
By Noozar Elias

Thirst
By Noorzar Elias
Translated from Dari by Dr. S. Wali Ahmadi

bow-e khazan
By Raziq Fani

entezaar
By Faarghi

Message of Love
By Zakia Ghafari

Hope, not depair...
By Zakia Ghafari

Heroes
By Zakia Ghafari

in the simplest of terms
By Zaheda Ghani

Young Writers
By Zaheda Ghani
introduction to four young poets

Lost Moons
By Zaheda Ghani

The Music and the Spirit
By Zaheda Ghani

My Journey and My Prayer
By Zaheda Ghani

Fragmentations
By Zaheda Ghani

in a tiny box
By Zaheda Ghani

mosafer
By Asad Habibi

The Universe Within Me
By Hasina Hason

meena
By Halima

Asouman
By Aziz Ahang Herawi

Del
By Zalmai Herman

Malalai
By Zalmai Herman

sa'at
By Zalmai Herman

Upon the Red Snow of Kabul
By Zalmai Herman
Translated by Fahima Zahir

omid
By Zalmai Herman

ghersangi o marg
By Zalmai Herman

bahar
By Zalmai Herman

paanzeda zakham
By Zalmai Herman

qesa-e shab
By Zalmai Herman

Salam a la Net (French)
By Zalmai Herman

Living in a Fantasy
By Mustafa Hamidkohzad

bagh-e khaatera-ha
By Hobab

aayena-e sokhantan
By Zia Qarizada

Raaz-ha-e tou
By Noor Ahmad Khalidi (Noor)

naghma
By Noor Ahmad Khalidi (Noor)

now roz-e ahwara-gaan
By Ustad Khalili

aaghaz-e degar
By Mari

kaash
By Mari

I Think All the Stars...
By Fareed Marof

Afghanistan
By Maria Momand

Hosnak
Partou Naderi

yateem
By Maliha Nayab

ham-watan
By Maliha Nayab

zan-e Afghan
By Maliha Nayab

nargess
By B. Nazoo

saaqi nama
By Zarghoun Khan Noorzai

safar
By Azizullah Nahaofata

Mard-e tanha-e ghourbat
By Fevzyia Rahgozar

Three Love Poems
By Fevziye Rahgozar

dukhtar-ak maasum ast
By Fevziye Rahgozar

ou qeaanous-e khoshk
By Daud Saba

You
By Sajia Sanger

My Candle
By Sajia Sanger

sayee kon!
By Mahmoud Tarzi

Heart in Hand
By Fahima Zahir

Eternal
By Fahima Zahir

Caught in the 'Net'...
By Fahima Zahir

Howl
By Fahima Zahir

In Deep
By Fahima Zahir



PROFILES:

A Chat with Farhad Darya
By Farida Anwari
Translated from Dari by Wahid Momand

Exclusive Interview with Shabnam Zahir
By Khaleda Atta

Afghan Neurologist
By Khaleda Atta

Interview with Dr. Zieba Shorish-Shamley
By Khaleda Atta

An Afghan Intellect: Mahmoud Tarzi
By Yama Atta & Hashmat Haidari

Ustad Khalilullah Khalili
By Said Ehsan

The Art of Ustad Mashal
By Zaheda Ghani

An Angle on Sydney
By Zaheda Ghani

Sydney Soccer Proves a Winner
By Zaheda Ghani

Nakhl-e Sabzi dar Baghistan-e Rangeen-e Shir
By Mari

Afghan Community in Australasia
By Daud Omar Nayab

Qahar Asi shair
By Hedayat Rahimi

The Life of a 102 year-old Afghan Entrepreneur:
An Economic Perspective

By Mir Hekmatullah Sadat

Da Zwanano Zagh
By Homayoun Samadi

A Light in the Sky for the Youth
By Mizgon Zahir



TRAVELOGUES:

Afghanistan Adventure
By Dennis B. Armstrong

Reminiscences of Afghanistan
By Chuck Burress

The Texture of Time
By Tom Cole

Diamond in the Rough
By Tom Cole

My First Time Overland To & Through Afghanistan
By Tom Cole

Summer of 96 in Kabul
By Sayed Ehsan

Long Road Back to Afghanistan
By Farid Shah Karimi

Lessons in Growing up in Afghanistan
By Caryn Giles Lawson

Tremors on the Volcano:
Afghanistan in Early 1979

By Terence Odlin

Adventures of the Zelzelah Man in Farkhaar
By Steven Roecker



VISUAL ARTS:

A Brief Look at Behzad of Herat
By Farhad Azad

Impressions of Ustad Mohammad Aziz: Vol I

The Paintings of A. Shokour Khesrawi

Woven Icons of War
By Charles Lewis, Ph.D

The Art of Sahar Maeen

Color Transfers of Reyaz Nadi: Vol I

Color Transfers of Reyaz Nadi Vol II

The Art of Solaimon Olumee: Vol I

Flowers
Abdullah Qazi

Ustad Karim Rahimi: The Fluid Thinker
By Zaheda Ghani

Photography of Yama Rahimi: Vol V
By Yama Rahimi

England - Volume IV
By Yama Rahimi

Travel to Europe - Color - Volume III
By Yama Rahimi

Color - Volume II
By Yama Rahimi

Black&White Vol III
Br Yama Rahimi

Black&White: Volume II
By Yama Rahimi

Color: Volume I
By Yama Rahimi

Black&White: Volume I
By Yama Rahimi

Cross Roads of Asia: The Afghan Art Exhibition
By Yamah Ghiassi



WELLNESS:

Depression and the Afghan Adult
By Dr. N. Ahadyar

Building Self-Esteem in Your Child
By Dr. Amin Azimi

Surviving in a Culture Different from the
Culture of Origin: An Educational Model

By Dr. Amin Azimi

Family Communication:
An Educational Model

By Dr. Amin Azimi

The Effects Of Depression On The Family:
A Cultural Perspective

By Dr. Amin Azimi

Culture, Family, School: Where Does East Meet West?
An Educational Model

By Dr. Amin Azimi

Family, Culture, and the Generation Gap:
A Communication Model

By Dr. Amin Azimi

Ethnicity: The Foundation Of Identity
By Dr. Amin Azimi

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