The KITE RUNNER is coming to Broadway and I need your help getting the word out to the Afghan community so we can consider New York-based Afghan stage actors for the role.
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I took this photo at Bagh e Babur in Kabul
Afghan food, cultural heritage and a howler of a Halloween story, all in this post!
And happy fall to all of you long-time readers. I hope you will take advantage of the beautiful cooking pumpkins dotting grocery stores to make kadoo, braised Afghan pumpkin with a garlicky yogurt sauce.
It’s heartening to see Afghan cuisine is slowly making its way to the mainstream. I was recently featured in a HuffPost article, The Comfort and Joy of Making Afghan Food, that highlighted Afghan comfort food, family traditions, and how the recent collapse of the Afghan government has affected Afghan-Americans.
As I noted in my video, What Just Happened in Afghanistan, Afghanistan has fallen off the front pages of the news outlets but here on Afghan Culture Unveiled, we have Afghanistan in the forefront of our thoughts, all the time.
That is why I’m sharing some inspiring, thought-provoking, and informative ways you can continue engaging with Afghanistan that will warm your belly and open your mind.
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