Books by Mariam Ghani, Ashraf Ghani (1)


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Afghanistan : A Lexicon by Mariam Ghani, Ashraf Ghani EN

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Country: Asia / Afghanistan flag Afghanistan
Description:
"In the form of a lexicon, artist Mariam Ghani describes, together with her father, the renowned anthropologist and political scientist Ashraf Ghani, the cycle of repeated collapse and recovery that Afghanistan has undergone over the course of the twentieth century. The lexicon comprises seventy-one mostly illustrated terms that include central figures and places, words that carry a specific (political) meaning in the Afghan context, and entries on recurring events and defining themes."--Documenta 13 website, viewed Oct. 5, 2011.