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Moving web journal
Please join me at my new web journal site where I have been able to organize my entries better...at www.parsajournal.com. Thanks! Marniemgustav@mac.com
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Published 2 months ago

Reese-my son is back....
Dear All,An update on Reese. Reese has traveled transcontinentally and his transformation is remarkable. Gone are the red curls, baggy pants and permanently affixed Ipod. Within 24 hours of arrival he sported an Afghan haircut, complete with the requisite poof on his forehead ($2-Mom!!!). He...
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Published 7 months ago

A pink villa in Afghanistan? Our home and place for our volunteers
Our home in Marastoon has emerged from the winter suddenly...leaky adobe roof...young coakroaches coming up the drain in the tub but the beauty of its old Afghan architecture is warming and gracious. Uncle Nasim ignored Yasin's direction for a cream colored exterior and picked a vibrant pink for...
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Published 8 months ago

Letter to my family -Winter February 2008
Dear All,I am sitting here after a long day and making good on my promise to write. It is snowing today and Kabul is at its most beautiful...smokey skies and gentle snow falling on the mountains. I was woken at 4 by dogs needing to get out todo their business..All four dogs have weaseled their...
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Published 9 months ago

Second day in the Panjshir-Colin
5/14/07Today we woke up to Mabouba shrieking “what a beautiful day, oh I love this place so much” at 5:30 in the morning. I had slept quite terribly the previous night and though tired, was looking forward to the coming day. We drank a couple of cups of coffee and set on our way. Our goal...
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Published a year ago

The Panjshir-Northern Alliance stronghold...by Colin
5/13/07 Mabouba her driver Nisar, mom and I traveled up to Pansher Province today. Mom and Mabouba are completing their survey work for Equal Access Radio. A program was developed a year and a half ago to provide civil rights workshops for primarily women in several provinces, both by radio and...
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Published a year ago

Dinglish-Colin's Journal
5/11/07Dinglish I’m sitting back in Kabul now and it’s oh so comfortable. We made the trip back down from Bamian yesterday. Everything went smoothly, except for 3 flat tires and not too much to mention about the journey. I drove for the first 5 hours, which was exhausting on such a...
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Published 2 years ago

A village-Colin's Journal
5/9/07 Today was one of the best days I’ve spent here so far certainly a highlight of the trip. It started with our visit to the giant Buddha’s that we’ve looked at from a distance the past week, but haven’t had the chance to explore. We hired a “guide” that said he was an...
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Published 2 years ago

Shari Zohawk-Colin's Journal
5/5/07In The Heart of AfghanistanToday we set the painters up with enough work for the day and went out to explore. We drove 45 minutes to an ancient and abandoned fortress built in the 6th century AD by the Shansabani kings. This is an abandoned refuge from invaders. It is located on an...
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Published 2 years ago

Colin's Journal: BandiAmir Lakes
5/6/07 Today we packed up the van and headed out to Bandiamir lakes. The road out of Bamian heads generally west and is not in very good shape. It took a little over 3 hours to drive to the lakes and it was a really rough ride, on both people and car. First we passed through a system of...
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Published 2 years ago

Colin's Journal: Trip to Bamyan
a5/4/07Fun With Mom In a Country of ContradictionsI’m sitting here, in a traditional mud built compound, our home for the next week, with my laptop playing hip-hop for entertainment, wearing a shalwar chamise and sunglasses. Though I am a khoragi (foreigner), this illustrates the...
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Published 2 years ago

A Country of Twenty-Five-Million Kings-Colin
5/2/07Yesterday was fairly uneventful. In the morning mom and I went to PARSA to finalize the plans for their grand opening of the new building in the Marastoon compound. Though many Americans would not understand the significance of the type of organization my mother has created, I am truly...
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Published 2 years ago