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Insatiable Quester: January 2015
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Jan 20, 2015. Fiasco Looms: Afghan Cabinet Nominees with Criminal Record and FakeDegrees. Ashraf Ghani, finally announced. Ghani’s government was forced to omit his name. From list. On January 18, another Ghani’s nominee for finance minister withdrew. Now, there are numerous reports claiming that Barna Karimi has fake degrees from the United States. Which is just the end of wintertime in Afghanistan. Since schools are cl...
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Insatiable Quester: Celebration of Nawruz at the White House and Afghan Traditional Dance
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Mar 20, 2015. Celebration of Nawruz at the White House and Afghan Traditional Dance. Since then, though sporadic, Nawruz, has keenly been celebrated. A historical region comprising Afghanistan and some parts of Central Asia. The word Iran derives from eran. In Pahlavi dialect which once spoken in northeast Iran, where it meant aryans. Though old, the word "Iran". Moreover, Iranian scholars credit Shahnameh. In Ghazni, locate...
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Insatiable Quester: Decline of Iran's Soft Power in Afghanistan
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Feb 15, 2013. Decline of Iran's Soft Power in Afghanistan. Stanford: CREEES seminar: "Iran and the Hazaras of Afghanistan: The Decline of Tehran's Soft Power". Short synopsis of my talk’s proposed content:. Friday, February 15, 2013. 12:00 PM. Approximate duration of 1.50 hour(s). CISAC Conference Room, Encina Hall Central (2nd floor). CREEES Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Stanford. Get a Life, PhD.
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Insatiable Quester: Why Hazaras Are Supporting The U.S., But Not Iran?
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Feb 17, 2015. Why Hazaras Are Supporting The U.S., But Not Iran? In my previous blog post. To find an adequate reason to why Hazaras refused and warded off Iran’s infiltration and noxious intention of fueling anti-American sentiment in Afghanistan, we have to look at some historical events that led to such drastic changes. And Bamiyan (read HRW report on one of Bamiyan’s district massacre. It was the 2001 U.S. presen...In or...
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Insatiable Quester: October 2012
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Oct 28, 2012. Iran began developing its nuclear fuel cycle infrastructure in 1990. During Muhammad Khatami’s presidency Iran made some progress in its enrichment program. Khatami who was known for his openness to dialogue proposed discussion between civilizations. He was the only president after Rafsanjani who openly called for dialogue between the US and Iran. Oct 13, 2012. On September 16th, 2012, AFP reported that NATO tr...
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Insatiable Quester: February 2015
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Feb 17, 2015. Why Hazaras Are Supporting The U.S., But Not Iran? In my previous blog post. To find an adequate reason to why Hazaras refused and warded off Iran’s infiltration and noxious intention of fueling anti-American sentiment in Afghanistan, we have to look at some historical events that led to such drastic changes. And Bamiyan (read HRW report on one of Bamiyan’s district massacre. It was the 2001 U.S. presen...In or...
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Insatiable Quester: February 2014
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Feb 26, 2014. Legendary Guitarist Does Not Play Anymore. Paco De Locia died today, he was born in a poor family, and as a poor boy he could not finish his school, but later, as an accomplished guitarist, he brought technical skills of flamenco tunes into a sublime perfection, which rose him a world-renown guitarist. Rest in peace, Paco de Lucia, my favorite guitarist! Feb 21, 2014. Anahita Ulfat, Sings Songs of the Oppressed.
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Insatiable Quester: March 2014
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Mar 20, 2014. It's a New Year in Afghanistan. Happy New Year and Happy Nowruz. In 2010, I wrote an article for CNN explaining how Nowruz is celebrated throughout Afghanistan. Also, what a happy coincidence that - probably for the first time in the history - Nowruz concurring with two other important, and exciting days: The International Day of Happiness and Spring Equinox. Here's an excerpt of the article on CNN:. Rabab is o...
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Insatiable Quester: January 2013
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Jan 21, 2013. War for Words: Freedom of Speech After America Leaves Afghanistan. Afghan writers and reporters face a worsening situation. Some fear that the gains made for freedom of speech will disappear with the drawdown of foreign forces. Prominent Afghan writer Taqi Bakhtiari has been condemned to death over his latest book Gumnani. Bakhtiari, the writer of the story has said to the BBC that the story is based on true ev...
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Insatiable Quester: April 2015
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Thoughts and reflections on literature, culture, society, religion and politics. Apr 4, 2015. Afghan President Plays Prank on April Fool's Day. April Fool’s Day is a great day for people who deliberately play jokes on one another, but in some countries like Afghanistan April Fool's Day does not exist. What instead these countries have are their leaders who play pranks on them and the world. So, what compels Ashraf Ghani to stand by Saudi Arabia in its fight against the Huthi rebels with all its powers wh...
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