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From Peshawar to Kabul: Preserving Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage during Wartime

Moustafa, Laila Hussein

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Title
From Peshawar to Kabul: Preserving Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage during Wartime
Author(s)
Moustafa, Laila Hussein
Issue Date
2016-11-21
Keyword(s)
  • Afghanistan: Preservation
  • culture documents
  • archive
Geographic Coverage
Afghanistan
Abstract
This article profiles the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University (ACKU) as an example of an organization that has successfully engaged in preserving a nation’s cultural heritage during a time of war. The ACKU has emerged from, and been engaged in, efforts to preserve Afghanistan’s cultural heritage from the time of the Soviet occupation until today.
Publisher
BM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manscripts, and Cultural Heritage
Series/Report Name or Number
17(2), 134. [3].
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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