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Seeing this London bus the other day oddly drew me right back into my time in Kabul. In ‘Dispatches’ I write about what was commonly referred to as a ‘locationship’, a relationship that often had more to do with location and circumstance than che...
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In Homeland Episode 8, Halfway to a Donut, Carrie suddenly realises that her meds have been tampered with, and she suspects the ISI. Sunday night’s episode reminded me of a time in Kabul when I wanted to get a repeat prescription. Unlike in the w...
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November 25th was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In Afghanistan, it is estimated that almost 90 per cent of women suffer some form of domestic abuse. As ActionAid’s Rachel Noble, Women’s Rights Policy Adviso...
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We are now deep into Series 4 in the UK and I mainlined six episodes last week in preparation for Sunday’sepisode 7. Bliss. It transported me back to my time in Afghanistan during 2007- 2011. Redux took us to the heart of the conflict dealing wit...
Continue readinghorripilation \haw-rip-uh-LEY-shuhn, ho-\noun 1. a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose flesh. This is a word everyone should be familiar with!
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Until now I have shunned the spotlight. The idea of public speaking has long seemed to me quite possibly the worst thing that could happen to a person, a fear shared by so many of us. Hiding behind the printed word has been my cover. So I had to...
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Sometimes you just don’t grow up. It might be apparent, and not happen very often, but on occasion you are catapulted back into being a child and laughing uproariously and uncontrollably at stuff you haven’t laughed at since you were maybe four o...
Continue readingRahim Walizada designed Afghan carpets with a modern twist and serious artistic flare, and I was completely captivated from the first moment I wondered into his effortlessly cool and sophisticated shop called Nomad in Kabul. While Rahim had low-k...
Continue readingAs it happens I found myself in Kabul on Valentine’s day. Rahim Walizada had recently transformed a derelict spot into the Design Centre with his magic artistic touch. In the middle of the capital this well-known Afghan designer had created a co...
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