and 7B. Today I will be talking about how gender can change your identity in a male dominated country such as Afghanistan and how education‚ or the rather‚ the lack of it can affect your identity. Identity means how you think of yourself‚ who you are‚ your personality and what others think of you. It is also how you act based on your identity. In the text Parvana‚ which is set in Afghanistan‚ the women are discriminated against. The taliban think of them as weak‚useless and not worthy to be seen‚ as
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I remember the annual summer vacation trips my family had to Afghanistan when I was a child. I could recall holding my mom’s hand while I walked around the bazaars wondering why so many women had thrown blue bed sheets on themselves in this humid weather. I asked my mom and she just laughed and told me it was a fashion statement. When I was older‚ I learned it was a burka and these women wore it in order to prevent the arousal of men. They oppressed themselves in fear of a distortion of Islam. I
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Cassie Gilham 1/16/18 W4 Social Injustices in Afghanistan The past several years have not been kind to the people of Afghanistan. More than a decade of conflict and war has left Afghanistan defenseless against the infamous Taliban regime. The several different factions of Afghanistan found the power to unite against the Russians‚ overthrowing the Marxist Government in the early 1990’s but failed to establish a strong and united government due to cultural and religious differences. The Taliban took
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Women’s rights in Afghanistan continue to follow an unpredictable path‚ which raises women’s hopes for a better life and more opportunities‚ and then bitterly extinguishes them. When the brutal Taliban fell‚ and their unfair rules and regulations came to a holt‚ a new beginning for women flourished through almost every crack and cranny of the country. “I remember the mounting enthusiasm for women’s rights...It was a bright and hopeful time. The issue of women’s rights was still fresh‚ not only in
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Bacha Bazi or “boy play” is a common practice that promotes child prostitution and sexual slavery in the various parts of Afghanistan. Najibullah Quraishi‚ an Afghan journalist and the director of the documentary The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan‚ has captured and documented the events that occur behind the illegal practice of Bacha Bazi. As shown in his documentary‚ young boys are sold off to powerful‚ wealthy men and are trained to become skilled dancers. Additionally‚ they are often sexually abused
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A Afghanistan War 2001-2014 The war was fought in three different phases. The first was taking down the Taliban. The second was fighting back against the Taliban army and rebuilding Afghanistan into being a better place. And the final third phase was when Obama decided to send more of our own troops to protect people from Taliban attacks. This war raged on for 13 years‚ and henceforth it became the longest war the US has ever taken part of. B Barry Goldwater He was the Republican nominee for
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Political Constraints: Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan are hostage to the legacy of historical discord on the‚ “Durand Line ” drawn in 1896 by the then British Government and was inherited by Pakistan as a border between the two countries. This had not been accepted as permanent border by many factions in Afghanistan and the issue has been inherited by Pakistan. The relations between the countries had been marred by distrust over the geographical divide. Pakistan had been apprehending
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Training Needs Assessment Practices of None Governmental Organizations in Kabul Afghanistan BY: Masoodullah Ghyasi Department of Business Administration KARDAN INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION‚ KABUL January‚ 2011 Training Needs Assessment Practices of None Governmental Organizations in Kabul Afghanistan Submitted by: Masoodullah Ghyasi Registration No: 302-0703059 Supervised by: Mr. Asad Mommand This project report is submitted in partial fulfillment
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Philosophy 106 First Paper Assignment Why our Troops Should Withdrawal From Afghanistan On September 11th 2001 the United States witnessed one of the worst terroristic attacks in U.S history. Nineteen terrorists that were apart of an Islamic group hijacked four planes crashing them into various areas around the United States‚ committing suicide along with many innocent citizens. Two separate planes hit the world trade center in New York City‚ while a plane also hit the pentagon as well
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soldiers have served in Afghanistan. 78 Canadian Forces (CF) casualties have occurred‚ including one diplomat. The role of the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan is often debated. Many disagree with the mission and want the CF to leave Afghanistan now. Doing this however would only be failing the Canadian commitment to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and NATO. Canada should keep its commitment and remain in Afghanistan until the mission is complete. Afghanistan is in state that is almost
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