Spicy Eggplant Salad (Bonjan) from Afghanistan
Sprinkle them with 2 tsp. coarse salt and let stand for 15 minutes. rinse eggplants under cold water, which removes the bitter taste, rinse, and dry well on a towel. Heat the oil in a skillet and lightly brown eggplant slices over moderate heat ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Pomegranates
The pomegranate is one of the all time great plants of horticulture. It is native to the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, Afghanistan and Iran, where it has been grown since ancient times. In its native habitat, Punica granatum is a small ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Asra Nomani
Asra Q. Nomani is a former Wall Street Journal correspondent, has also written for the Washington Post, New York Times, and Time magazine on Islam, and has covered the war in Afghanistan for Salon.com. She has spoken about women's rights in Islam ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Philip Hensher
With Tolstoyan sweep and Dickensian vitality, this epically involving historical novel relates England's tragic adventure in Afghanistan, which began with the triumphant arrival of the Army of the Indus in 1839 and ended three years later in rout ... [... more]
Random House |
Heather Mercer
When Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer arrived in Afghanistan, they had come to help bring a better life and a little hope to some of the poorest and most oppressed... click for more> Dayna Curry, Heather Mercer and Stacy Mattingly [... more]
Random House |
Robert Irwin
Spanning the fifth to sixteenth centuries and societies that range from Afghanistan to Spain, this anthology is a testament to the astonishing grandeur and variety of classical Arabic literature. Here are excerpts from dozens of works-both ... [... more]
Random House |
Milton Bearden
Set in the treacherous mountains of Afghanistan and the equally hazardous headquarters of the CIA Operations Directorate in Washington, A landmark collaboration between a thirty-year veteran of the CIA and a Pulitzer Prize-winning ... [... more]
Random House |
Mir Bahmanyar
Following the Soviet invasion in 1979, the Mujahideen defenders of Afghanistan developed and reinforced many natural cave systems to use as supply bases and defensive positions. The Taliban and Al Qaeda further strengthened these positions in the ... [... more]
Random House |
Saira Shah
Saira Shah lives in London and is a freelance journalist. She was born in Britain of an Afghan family, the daughter of Idries Shah, a writer of Sufi fables. She first visited Afghanistan at age twenty-one and worked there for three years as a ... [... more]
Random House |
Dayna Curry
When Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer arrived in Afghanistan, they had come to help bring a better life and a little hope to some of the poorest and most oppressed... click for more> Dayna Curry, Heather Mercer and Stacy Mattingly [... more]
Random House |
Meg Tilly - Authors - Random House
Formerly a film actress, Meg Tilly is best known for her roles in War-torn Afghanistan could not seem farther from Newfoundland, but it is about to change twelve-year-old tomboy Jack Cooper (or Jacqueline, as her mother insists on calling her) ... [... more]
Random House |
Ian Klaus - Authors - Random House
Ian Klaus, who now lives in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts, wrote for publications across the United States while he was in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in history at Harvard. In the spring of 2005, Ian ... [... more]
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