SFPL: The Ink of Identity - Rewriting Afghanistan Public

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The Ink of Identity: Rereading Afghanistan emerged from a desire to critically engage with and disrupt prevailing narratives in the San Francisco Public Library's collection of books on Afghanistan. Delving into the extensive collection, dating back to 1762, Gazelle Samizay explores the complexities of Afghan identity and the impact of Western-authored literature on the understanding of Afghan history and culture, with a particular focus on Afghan American perspectives. Samizay’s residency was made possible by the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Artist-in-Residence Program.

This was created by the SF Public Library, and contains links to holds from there. Original Listing: sfpl.bibliocommons.com/list/share/2404204869/2404631233

  1. Hard Damage by 

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    Hard Damage works to relentlessly interrogate the self and its shortcomings. In lyric and documentary poems and essayistic fragments, Aria …

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  2. Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by 

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    Jamil Jan Kochai breathes life into his contemporary Afghan characters as he explores heritage, exploring heritage and memory from the …

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  3. Afghanistan Papers by ,

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    The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about …

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  4. Games Without Rules by 

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    Traces the history of Afghanistan and the power conflicts that have interrupted its ongoing struggle to combine a democracy with …

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  5. Above Us the Milky Way by 

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    A debut novel about a young family forced to flee their war-ravaged homeland, forced to leave behind everything and everyone …

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  6. Afghanistan by  (Princeton studies in Muslim politics)

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    Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from …

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  7. Returning to Afghanistan by 

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    Sonita has been a refugee for her entire life. Born in a refugee camp in Pakistan, Sonita had never seen …

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  8. Snapshots: This Afghan American Life by ,

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    Snapshots is a collection of personal narratives and poems by 15 Afghan American writers from the San Francisco Bay Area …

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  9. Afghanistan by 

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    Afghanistan, written in 1973, looks at this age old land and country as it was before the Soviet invasion. It …

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  10. Losing Afghanistan by 

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  11. The Roses in my Carpets by 

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    When a young boy and his mother and sister come to a refugee camp to escape the war in Afghanistan, …

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  12. 99 Nights in Logar by 

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    A trepidatious return visit to a family compound in Afghanistan finds a disastrous encounter with a terrifying but beloved guard …

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  13. Modern Afghanistan by 

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    A study of Afghanistan that provides us with a fresh understanding of this troubled country that grounds Afghanistan's problems in …

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  14. Music in the mind by 

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    "Music is central to many important events in the Islamic world. Yet many members of Islamic society who follow the …

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  15. Descent into chaos by 

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    'Descent Into Chaos' is an eye-opening account of the region where the next wave of Islamic terror is being born. …

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