“The Buzkashi Boys:” Filming in Kabul
Francesca Recchia* | 13 Feb 2013
Photo credit: David Gill – shot2bits@mac.com Childhood cannot be taken for granted in a place like Afghanistan. On a walk through Kabul, it is inevitable to meet street children by the hundreds, rugged, rumpled, with wandering eyes and swollen red hands in the bitter cold of the Afghan winter. Many of these children are orphans, who are a by-product of...Winter in Kabul
Francesca Recchia* | 4 Dec 2012
Boys at play in the Afghan village of Istalef It is my first winter in Kabul. I am witnessing the slow change of seasons. Flavors, scents, colors – the city is gradually transforming. Daily life goes on, despite rains, mud and occasional explosions. The following are a collection of reflection on the tastes, scents, and experiences of winter in Kabul. Anar Anar...Afghanistan From the Eyes of a Soldier
Francesca Recchia* | 2 Nov 2012
Patrick Hennessey was a member of the British Army until 2009, when he started practicing as a barrister in the UK. He trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, served as Platoon Commander and a Company Operations Officer and was on tours to Iraq in 2006 and Afghanistan in 2007. Hennessey is the author of two books: Junior Officers’ Reading Club:...The Streets of Kabul
Francesca Recchia | 28 Jun 2012
In May of 2011, Muftah staff writer Francesca Recchia traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan where she captured the following images of a city persevering through foreign occupation and resilient after years of war and bloodshed. (Photo credit: Francesca Recchia) Around 5 am, right after the morning prayers, the streets of Kabul awaken. Driving around is still manageable....A Journey to the Other Iraq
Francesca Recchia* | 6 Jun 2012
Parki Shar (City Park) at the foot of Erbil Citadel, which recently saw the start of renovation work. UNESCO is considering including the citadel in the list of World Heritage Sites. (Photo credit: Sebastian Meyer :: http://sebmeyer.com/) The Autonomous Region of Kurdistan has in recent years been in the news as the “Other Iraq”. In 2011, National...A Snowy Week in Kabul
Francesca Recchia* | 1 Feb 2013
Photo credit: Conrad Blything Paraphrasing Marquez. Snow in the time of war. Kabul, 12 January 2013 It started to snow yesterday evening. My first snowfall in Kabul. It started slowly with small flakes that grew...Snapshots from Kabul
Francesca Recchia* | 7 Nov 2012
Photo credit: Francesca Recchia. All rights reserved. I am currently in Afghanistan working on a book. Quite unexpectedly our research for this work has transformed into a quest for normality – a quest that...Invisible Lines in the Kashmiri City of Srinagar
Francesca Recchia* | 20 Aug 2012
Kashmir'a Dal Lake Many years ago, in 2003, I worked with an Italian research agency called multiplicity. At the time, we were trying to understand the nature of the Israeli occupation of Palestine by looking...Kashmir from a Distance: the Burning of the Sufi Shrine, Dastgeer Sahib
Francesca Recchia* | 25 Jun 2012
Kashmiri Muslim men praying at Dastgeer Sahib shrine (Source: http://almaswithinalmas.tumblr.com/post/1406194449) The beginning of the day this morning was not one of the lightest. The gray sky above Berlin was...
