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Contents 1 some sites to help with the article 2 the Burqa is NOT a part of Afghan culture 3 Food pics 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Naghma-mangalx1.jpg 5 Hidden Afghanistan exhibition

[edit] some sites to help with the article

[1] [2] Stancel 20:20, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

I would be willing to contribute but I'm not sure how to start the article. Falphin 00:33, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

• I suggest starting with a list of important topics, with a sentence about each. Kappa 00:45, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
  • It was deleted again.Falphin 14:53, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
  • I'm making a rough start for it.Falphin 15:39, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
    • I will add more later but I have to other stuff now.Falphin 17:14, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• A question would it be best to discuss each individual holiday on here or make an article for each of them?Falphin 00:01, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • IMHO, if they are specific to Afghanistan (i.e., not Muslim holidays, or regional or something), then they should be discussed here primarily. If this article gets so big that the subarticles need to be split off, then the holidays should have their own articles. If there are holidays that are recognized outside of Afghanistan as well, and they don't have articles, then they should have articles. Of course, if you have enough to write substantial articles on the national holidays, or at least more than would be needed here, then by all means create the article. And, finally, if you decide to have a holiday only on this article, you should create a redirect here for now anyway to aid navigation. Hope that helps. --Dmcdevit 00:22, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• Wow, thanks Falphin for your wonderful contribution to the article. I'm going to help out as soon as I can. Revolución 03:41, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• IMHO the Religion section is too POV. Preferably it should discuss the different religions of Afghanistan's present AND past. Also the "Taliban supported Osama bin Laden's terrorist network" comment is completely unnecessary. We are not talking about Osama bin Laden, we are writing about Afghani culture.Revolución 19:17, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Your right, I had found a webpage discussing past religions in Afghanistan but forgot to save it. Falphin 20:28, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• I'm currently thinking about what would be a good intro picture for this article. Any feedback would be great. Right now I'm going to add a picture of the Afghan Buddhas to the Religion section, if I can find one. Revolución 21:16, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • I think a pictur of Kofta would be nice to have. As would a picture of Bukashi. I would do it myself but I'm not familiar with uploading images. [3]

A thought? I'm trying to think of how to add an entertainment section, but the wording is alluding me. [4] and would mention the Osama (film). I'll keep thinking. 12.220.47.145 23:12, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] the Burqa is NOT a part of Afghan culture

and it that picture should be deleted. the Burqa was forced upon Afghan women by foreign Wahibi ideology.

if something is FORCED upon people, it is NOT culture.

and most women have abandoned the Burqa in today's Afghanistan (2006). it is no longer a FORCED part of our culture.

Looking forward to the new photo you said you were going to replace the burqa with. I am not that familar with Afghan clothing but it seems a lot of women wear the burqa in news reports and pictures.

• http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=131549
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0312_020312_afghanwomen.html

--MarsRover 00:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The Bughra (Burka) was not used before 1920s. It was introduced in the 1920s and after that became tradition in the country. It was also not forced by Wahabis. The government of Afghanistan made it the traditional thing for women to wear in 1920s and it was never forced but made optional for women to cover their body from men.--NisarKand 12:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I was there about 6 months ago, and while many women have stopped wearing it, it's still very much true that the majority of women do. I would say 75% minimum. – cacahuate ^talk 04:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Food pics

Yay!! Someone finally got a picture right!!! The palau picture is really nice, but it is not called "Afghani" it is "Afghan." Afghani is the currency.......there is no 'i" Great work!72.196.229.15 04:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

If you really listen to how we pronounce things that belong to Afghanistan or Afghan traditions...they sound "Afghani". For example: Awghani Kali = Afghani Clothes...Awghani Khoa-rak = Afghani Food...Awghani Ghalai = Afghani Rug. We don't pronounce it as Awghan Kho-rak, Awghan Kali or Awghan Ghalai.--NisarKand 12:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but that's in Pashto, not English. In English, Afghani is the currency and Afghan is the adjective.89.243.116.156 14:50, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Naghma-mangalx1.jpg

Image:Naghma-mangalx1.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hidden Afghanistan exhibition

Heads up: currently traveling Europe, coming to the US in May 2008, a truly fabulous exhibition. See http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1701301,00.html for starters. May well be worth a separate article. Mira Gambolputty (talk) 16:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)