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Afghanistan: Hope and Beauty in a War-torn Land

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Photo-journalist Ursula Meissner has created an extremely beautiful and timely book which is very affordable ($35 list). My copy came with a sticker indicating $1 goes to ADRA making this an even more worthwhile purchase. There are hundreds of amazing photos, many of them full format landscapes of Afghans in real life settings all captured in vivid colors amidst scenery that belies the war torn chaos of their current lives. FYI, the "search inside" function is fully operational for this book on the Amazon page and I urge you to use. it.

The book is organized around key themes (women, Kabul, security, Torkham (Khyber Pass), opium, Herat, education, and new beginnings. One frustration about the book is that it is unclear exactly when, in the last 15 years, some of these pictures were taken because most of them are undated. That said, all illustrations are labeled and the book's essays are current and weave together these remarkable and stunning photographs illustrating that beauty and hope are alive in Afghanistan. We should do everything in our power to help these people regain their promise of a brighter future. I wish every citizen living in US and in every NATO country could see these images so we will not forget Afghanistan...again.