Hands at Work: Stitches of Childhood from Afghanistan

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Hands at Work: Stitches of Childhood from Afghanistan

Ahmad Shah Karimi / English

Ahmad Shah steals apples with his cousins in the moonlight and runs away from his strict teacher. In a workshop, he changes oil, shapes little birds out of clay and makes dolls with which he re-enacts weddings. He observes attentively how clothes are stitched, how shoes are repaired and how women stir fragrant halwa for Eid.

One day on the street, he sees a man's skull being brutally cracked open.

Ahmad Shah secretly sells his family's poplars and finds a way to leave for Kabul.

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Author: Ahmad Shah Karimi
Language: English