Focus
Members of the Combined Disaster Management Team for Ghor discuss road closures and displaced families and plan for winter assistance and disaster response (as per usual I am the only person in the room who is not male and Afghan).
December 2007
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December 02, 2007
November 30, 2007
Brass Cresent Blog Awards
As a non-Muslim who is concerned about Islamaphobia and about xenophobia generally, I'm suprised, flattered and honoured to have this photoblog nominated in the Best Multi-Media Blog section of the Brass Cresent Blog Awards.
The Brass Cresent is an annual awards ceremony that "honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim blogosphere (aka the Islamsphere)."
How about that?
"I hope the Russians love their children too"
My colleague S and his four year old daughter. Yes folks, it is true, the Afghans love their children too (with apologies to Sting).
November 18, 2007
Distributing copies of Afghan law
The Chief District Prosecutor is happy with the set of Afghan laws I brought him, and perhaps in exchange agreed to listen to my argument as to why he should be prosecuting men who severely beat their wives and children.
November 07, 2007
Gardez boys: celebrating life
In the wake of yesterday's terrible suicide bomb (killing 42 adults and three children, wounding 66 adults and 63 children) I wanted to post a photo today to honour the Afghan child. Full of hope, potential and goodness. Gardez, 2006.
October 20, 2007
Food distribution: Ghor, Afghanistan
A woman receives grain and oil as part of the food for education programme - by participating in litercay classes for women she is entitled to take home food rations for her family. Ghor, 2007.
October 19, 2007
Bike gang: more Afghan teenagers
The teenager from Lal was a popular photo, so I thought I would share this photo of a group of adolescent boys who were interested in why I was taking photos of sacks of wheat at the Department of Women's Affairs and who convinced me that they would make much more interesting subject. Ghor, 2007.
October 16, 2007
Food for literacy: Ghor, Afghanistan
A man doing a good job for his country. Distribution of food assistance to women participating in literacy courses, at the Department of Women's Affairs. Ghor, 2007.
October 13, 2007
Teenager in Lal. Ghor, Afghanistan.
I love his quif, and he was very cool about having his photo taken. He lives in a small town where I had stopped to interview some IDP families and was part of a small crowd who gathered to find out what I was all about. Ghor, 2007.
October 12, 2007
School girl, Lal, Afghanistan
One more picture from the first grade class in the girl's school in Lal. I'm on the road these days so my posting is a little bit infrequent.
