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    Amanullah Khan Essay

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    Amanullah Khan’s visit to Italy: a study of the context, the impact and the events of the afghan sovereign’s visit in January of 1928. Foreword: Amannulah Khan was the 13th Emir and first king of Afghanistan . A deeply controversial monarch (both in life and in death ), Amanullah Khan was both loved by some for his liberal tendencies and commitment to Afghani Independence; and despised by others for his opposition to political Islam, and consequent disregard for the traditional rights and privileges

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    one should have gone through (BS-1)Najmah is losing many important people in her life, so she needs to step up and become more responsible. (BS-2) The bombing affects Najmah in many ways, some ways are good and some ways are bad. (BS-3) Najmah is regaining her hope and her voice. (TS)Due to her experiences, najmah changed in several ways through the novel. (MIP-1) Najmah has to step up and be more responsible because the people that helped her are not here anymore. (SIP-A) Najmah's father and brother

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    Also, people like Habibullah Kalakani and Ghulam Nabi Charkhi, who were potential political threat to the royal family, were liquidated by Nadir Shah. During this period, Afghanistan enjoyed peace and constancy. Nadir’s policies of national gradualism and positive

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    Dushmani      “Friend by Day, Enemy by Night” shares an in depth look into the lives of the Kohistanis who live in Thull, Pakistan. The author of the text, Lincoln Keiser, goes into great depth in explaining the life of these people before and after mar dushmani. Mar dushmani can be directly translated as “death enmity.” This social relationship between the Kohistanis causes for many problems. As a general principle death enmity allows men to retaliate whenever another man wrongs

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    Women in Afghanistan

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    Union's help. Unfortunately, after the Soviet Union withdrawal, Afghanistan became very disrupt. After the Taliban took over, the women of Afghanistan were treated with less respect than ever before. Even after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, many people would agree that the political and cultural position of Afghan women has improved a great deal, but a lot of challenges still remain despite all of the changes. Some families in more rural areas still restrict their own mothers, daughters, wives and

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    Shortly after the Republic of Afghanistan was set up by Mohammed Daoud Khan, the Afghanistan 's presidential palace was attacked by a section of the communist People 's Democratic Party of Afghanistan called the Khalq faction. Mohammed Daoud Khan was killed and his government overthrown in the process of this revolution called the Saur Revolution. A man named Nur Muhammad Taraki takes control of the new government

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    who believed strongly that everybody should be educated. During her young life, Malala had to live with death threats and being shot in the head. Throughout all of her suffering, Malala never complained. During her school days, Malala realised that people who were often called upon during class were those in the front row. After noticing this Malala came up with the idea to rotate seats each week to make sure that everyone had a fair chance to be educated. With the rotation routine everybody

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    A Life Revealed Summary

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    In “A Life Revealed”, Cathy Newman discussed the connection of two different pictures that were published in the national geographic magazine. Steve Mccurry took a picture in 1985 that swept the nation. The picture was that of a teenage Afghan girl giving a stern look to the camera. He had captured the tragedy of war in Afghanistan and the beauty of resilience all in one. Readers of National Geographic at the time were taken aback by the picture, as it is so powerful. Multiple years later, Mccurry

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    stripping the British of their influence. His dedication to his people was shown through acts to better the country. Khan had socially impacted the country in many ways, he had created and developed secular education for girls and boys, and as well as adult classes, he had abolished slavery and forced labor, and lastly he had discouraged the seclusion of women and veiling (UCA). Once these social changes were implemented, the people started to appreciate the benefits of having Khan as their leader

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    People in first world countries with privileges tend to overlook their good fortune and take everything for granted. Women in third world countries such as Afghanistan can only dream of the privileges and opportunities that would be given to them if one were to live in Canada, for example. Recently, media had been continuously trying to stress this concept of privilege difference to the Public. Attempting to amplify the amount of gratitude and thankfulness that people express for the good life they

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