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The sewing circles of Herat : a personal voyage through Afghanistan / Christina Lamb.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: York : HarperCollins, c2002.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xvii, [5], 338 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0060505265
  • 9780060505271
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • DS 352 .L36 2002
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS 352 .L36 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 12701
Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Available 26071
Total holds: 0

“Includes bibliography”—(p. [327]-328).

Contents: Acknowledgements—List of illustrations—Map—Family tree—Beginnings—1. The Taliban torturer—2. Mullahs on motorbikes—3. Inside the house of knowledge—4. The royal court in exile—5. The sewing circles of heart—6. The secret of glass—7. Un painting the peacocks—8. The story of Abdullah—9. Face to face with the Taliban—10.

A letter from Kabul—Bibliography—Index.

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