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Articles tagged "afghanistan" NewsAfghanistan seeks to clean up soaps on TVby Kim Barker [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][22.May.08] :. KABUL, Afghanistan - Almost every night, Mojtaban Ahmadi rebels against his government by merely turning on his TV. He watches a soap opera from India about the long-suffering Tulsi, a poor girl...  News‘Afghan Star’ grows in popularity as culture assimilates ‘American Idol’-style sensibilitiesby Kim Barker [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][18.Mar.08] :. KABUL, Afghanistan—The four singers on the Afghan version of “American Idol” stood nervously on stage, waiting to hear who lost. Lima Sahar was the only woman, the only singer... NewsTwo new movies refocus the spotlight on Afghanistanby Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][18.Dec.07] :. Hollywood has never had a whole lot of interest in Afghanistan, save for the occasional secondary terrorist character. But with the release of “The Kite Runner” this week and...  Bookmarks ReviewOpium Season: A Year on the Afghan Frontier by Joel Hafvensteinby Jacqueline Loohauis-Bennett [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)][14.Dec.07] :. Switch "Afghan" with "Vietnamese" and you experience a chilling sense of deja vu while reading Opium Season. PopMatters Pick TV ReviewLifting the Veilby Cynthia Fuchs[14.Sep.07] :. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy counters George Bush's "confident" display with her own observations: "Now we've come back six years later," she narrates, "to ask if life for women in Afghanistan is any better in a liberated country."  NewsFilm could help Afghan kitemaker’s fame soarby Kim Barker [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][26.Jul.07] :. KABUL, Afghanistan - Noor Agha bends over the tissue paper and glues on a ruler-straight line of white stars in seconds. He is not sure how many stars are on the U.S. flag, but such details do not... |
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