Research Project Links

• Afghan humor/ Mullah jokes
• Afghan immigration
  • Statistics
  • Afghan Community in Fremont
  • Bay Area Relief
• Afghan emigration
• Architecture
• Art--afghans, rugs, carpets
• Contributions from Arab world--math, science
  • Mathematics
  • Scientists and Scholars
• Contributions from Arab world--words, ideas/ concepts
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Oldest University
  • Literature
  • The Astrolabe
  • The House of Wisdom
• Courtship and Marriage Customs
• Dress/ Clothing--gender, beards, etc.
  • Custom and Traditions
  • Dress Code
• Folktales--Shanahmeh, Rostram and Sohrab
  Shanahmeh
  • Images from Shanahmeh
  • The Story
• Food--kabobs, naan, etc.
  • Restaurant Menu
  • Staple Foods
• Games--origins of chess, panjpar
• Greetings and Manners
• Holidays, Special Days
  • Holidays
  • Essentials of Ramadan
• Hunt for Osama bin Laden
• Music - Radio Afghan
• Orphans and refugee camps s
• Physical Geography
• Poetry
• Role of Women
  • Plight of Women
  • Women's Alliance for Peace

Additional Background Links

• Afghanistan
  US Department of State Background
• Country Watch - Afghanistan
• Afghanistan
  The Harrison Forman Collection
• Afghanistan Online
• CIA - Fact Book Afghanistan
• Radio Afghanistan
• KidsKonnect - Afghanistan
  Facts
• Afghanistan
  Encyclopedia Article
• Return to Afghanistan
  A comprehensive site from the UN gives a hopeful description of Afghanistan recovery.
• Rebuilding Afghanistan
  PBS Online News Hour
• Afghanistan
  CNN - Special Report