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March 2016

Afghanistan: A Nation of Storytellers

Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe reviewed by author and journalist Ahmed Rashid Books on the continuing tragedy in Afghanistan continue to be published but how many are actually now being read is questionable. With the chaos in the Middle East, the...

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January 2016

What sets 'Dispatches' apart

A insightful review of Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe was published on Mitchell Blatt’s China Travel Writing Blog on 19 September 2015. This review discusses the insights into Afghan culture which Kingstone observed during her years in Kabul. Fou...

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January 2016

'Dispatches' reviewed by Board Member of Civil Vision International

Schuyler K. Geller, Principal Consultant at The Copperridge Group and Board Member of Civil Vision International, has published this wonderful review of Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe: I have just finished reading your book. Much stirring of memo...

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November 2015

'Dispatches' featured by Pippa Small

Pippa Small, the award-winning British designer, has a long association with Afghanistan, which includes her line of jewellery for the Kabul-based Turquoise Mountain Foundation, for which she uses the country's incredible selection of natural ston...

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October 2015

'Dispatches from Kabul' featured in CWU's winter edition

The latest edition of CWU's Women's Talk includes a feature on Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe, which discusses its important messages about women's rights. Journalist Heidi Kingstone creates a number of sketches that when drawn together provide a ...

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September 2015

The Canadian Jewish News reviews 'Dispatches'

This article by Jodie Shupac was published in the September 10, 2015 issue of The Canadian Jewish News. Foreign correspondent Heidi Kingstone has spent much of her career pursuing stories in politically charged and war-torn countries. Her recent ...

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August 2015

Journalist Sumantra Maitra in conversation with Heidi Kingstone

This article by foreign affairs journalist Sumantra Maitra was published on Medium. Recently, last month there was a massive suicide bomb attack, in Afghanistan’s Khost province, near a former CIA camp and US base, killing over 33 people. A US ai...

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July 2015

Marilyn Murray Willison reviews 'Dispatches'

Marilyn Murray Willison, author and journalist who blogs at The Self-Empowered Woman, explores the experiences of Western women in gender-repressed environments: Dear Followers, The Self-Empowered Woman blog has been on hiatus for way too long b...

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July 2015

Heidi Kingstone interviewed on 'Boots, Shoes and Fashion'

This interview on Boots, Shoes and Fashion covers everything from Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe to fashion essentials when travelling. To read the full interview, visit Boots, Shoes and Fashion. This week I’m so excited to be talking to Canadian...

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July 2015

Insightful guide to life in the war zone that is Afghanistan

This is an extract from a review of Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe published by Tribune. To read the full article, visit the Tribune website. Review by Paul Donovan Journalist Heidi Kingstone has produced a number of sketches that when drawn tog...

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