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Single-piece afghans are the simplest style to make and are especially popular with beginners. Mile-a-minute afghans are usually made in many separate strips, with a minimum of stitches per strip, and then the strips are joined. [7] Join-as-you-go afghans are made up of many different pieces, one of which begins where the last leaves off.
A Turkmen rug (Turkmen: Türkmen haly; or Turkmen carpet or Turkoman carpet) is a type of handmade floor-covering textile traditionally originating in Central Asia.It is useful to distinguish between the original Turkmen tribal rugs and the rugs produced in large numbers for export mainly in Pakistan and Iran today.
Zoyla Sherzad, the founder and creative director of Zarif, explained that the collection’s pieces feature weaving techniques and designs based on century-old patterns from Afghanistan and ...
The karakul hat is made of sheep fur and is of typical Central Asian style. Normally worn by the more stylish or educated, these hats come in conservative colors. [1] The chapan, made of striped silk, [6] provides warmth in the winter. Chapans gained international recognition in the 2000s because Afghan president Hamid Karzai always wore a ...
A chapan cape was often worn by former Afghan president Hamid Karzai. The etymology of the term is believed to derive either from the Persian c hapān, which means 'old', 'threadbare' and 'run-down costume'; or the Chagatai chāpān, itself derived from the Persian jobbe , from the Arabic jubba meaning 'wrapper', 'cloak', 'coat' or 'outer garment'.
Afghans do not eat spicy food like the neighboring Pakistanis. Fresh and dried fruits is the most important part of Afghan diet. Afghanistan is well known for its fine fruits, especially pomegranates, grapes, and its extra-sweet jumbo-size melons. Some of the popular Afghan dishes, from left to right: 1. Lamb grilled kebab (seekh kabab); 2.
Ham worked as the Western Regional Manager on the U.S. Agency for International Development-funded Afghanistan Small & Medium Enterprise Development project in Afghanistan for a year during 2008-2009.
The Afghan Girls Robotics Team with United States senators Jeanne Shaheen and Margaret Wood Hassan in July 2017. The Afghan Girls Robotics Team, also known as the Afghan Dreamers, [1] [2] is an all-girl robotics team from Herat, Afghanistan, founded through the Digital Citizen Fund (DCF) in 2017 by Roya Mahboob and Alireza Mehraban. It is made ...