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Robert Burns’s Memory: A Matter of State
Read moreby Paul Malgrati Every year, on 25 January, Burns Night offers a remarkable opportunity for Scottish political parties to issue…
Remapping Persian Literary History, 1700-1900
Read the blog post to find out more about writing the newly published book Remapping Persian Literary History, 1700-1900 by…
The Art of Kharita Dispatching in the Late 19th Century Afghanistan
Kharita dispatching On 2 Ramadan 1316 AH/ 15 January 1899, Amir Abdul Rahman Khan of Afghanistan (r. 1880–1901), sent an…
The “Afghan Genizah”: A New Source for the History of Pre-Mongol Bāmiyān
How did Abū Naṣr Yehuda, a Jewish landowner from 11th-century Bāmiyān, conduct his business affairs with his Muslim neighbors? What…
The Resilience of Nomadism and Village Life in the Heart of Helmand Valley
By Marc Abramiuk, archaeologist and applied anthropologist The central Helmand Valley of Afghanistan is the name I use to describe…
Afghanistan – Themes and Variations
As it enters its second year of publication, Warwick Ball reflects on the emerging themes and (accidental) article pairings in…
Warwick Ball on the cultural diversity of Afghanistan
It is a pleasure to see the launch of the first issue of Afghanistan, a journal to showcase the country’s…