I stopped posting on my blog when I (involuntarily) left Afghanistan in February. All my friends are relieved i'm home safe. For whatever reason I never really felt i was in danger. Tonite as I read Karen Woo's blog, I realize i'm still there -in Imagistan. Hardly a day passes when I dont think about my students. I would like to post their photos but I cannot. Karen Woo was one of the ten medical workers killed by the Taliban last month. An excerpt from her blog is in the October issue of Harpers. In one of her last posts just before she heads into Nuristan, she debates whether to wear nail polish-this is not frivolous.
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2010/10/0083129
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
From the AUAF Free Press: The Creative Writing All-Stars-
By I Afzali
Saturday, January 30, 2010: Professor Lia Gladstone and her students organized the first-ever performance at AUAF. The show included a number of performances including a play, monologues, poems, and story-telling. The performances covered a range of issues the Afghan society is faced with including lack of motivation for individual social responsibility, corruption, drugs and crime, gender-based violence, war and conflict, and a number of other issues.
The conference room was packed with people from within and outside the AUAF community. The audience admired the students for the job they did. The show was organized by the fall semester students of Creative Writing taught by Professor Lia Gladstone. Professor Gladstone is Assistant Professor of English and Drama.
For photos go to: http://auaffreepress.com/2010/02/02/gladstones-students-read-poem/
Saturday, January 30, 2010: Professor Lia Gladstone and her students organized the first-ever performance at AUAF. The show included a number of performances including a play, monologues, poems, and story-telling. The performances covered a range of issues the Afghan society is faced with including lack of motivation for individual social responsibility, corruption, drugs and crime, gender-based violence, war and conflict, and a number of other issues.
The conference room was packed with people from within and outside the AUAF community. The audience admired the students for the job they did. The show was organized by the fall semester students of Creative Writing taught by Professor Lia Gladstone. Professor Gladstone is Assistant Professor of English and Drama.
For photos go to: http://auaffreepress.com/2010/02/02/gladstones-students-read-poem/
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