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The Tin Cocoon: January 2010
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Sunday, January 24, 2010. So Miss Talibonita has been debating her name. For some reason she feels ready to stop talking in the 3rd person and to reveal her name. But still debating on that one. Is it me, or has the last months of 2009 given everyone a headache? Okay, ready to speak in first person - at any moment may switch back to the 3rd person). Afghanistan. new troops for longer occupation? Oil pipeline still a possibility? More on the headaches later.
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The Tin Cocoon: The Weight of the Crescent: Said Atabekov
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. The Weight of the Crescent: Said Atabekov. Way to Rome" art by Said Atabekov. Track suited migrant on the steppe. Dismantled mosque, or some-assembly-required mosque on its way to Rome? Such a powerful image. The sky reminds me of an Emily Dickenson poem, although New England blue sky seems tame in comparison. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Brooklyn, NY, United States. View my complete profile. Lo Fi Hi Concept: Cihan Kaan Blog.
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The Tin Cocoon: January 2011
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Friday, January 28, 2011. Owner of a Lonely Blog. Ever since I tried writing in the first person entries have been evaporating before I even think of logging on and writing. But to be honest - there hasn't been much Central Asian production out there in 2010 land. However, I have found some fantastic sparks that has re-inspired me to return and blog blog blog my little Turko-Eurasian heart away! Laugh laugh wink wink. Halal Pork and Other Stories. Subscribe ...
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The Tin Cocoon: Fire Jumping NYC Style! Charshanbe Suri the week before Nowruz!
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Monday, March 22, 2010. Fire Jumping NYC Style! Charshanbe Suri the week before Nowruz! Chronicles of a Nowroz spent properly in NYC. Nowroz is New Year for Iranians, Afghans, Kurds, Azeris, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Turkmans, and Uyghurs and it falls on the Spring Equinox. Last few years have been very busy, too busy for even tradition! Tuesday the week before Nowroz). Community activist and gardener. Sahar lighting the small pyre so we can jump over it. At today's ...
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The Tin Cocoon: Nancy Agram
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Sunday, October 11, 2009. Not Central Asian - but this Arab Pop Star is just beautiful and Miss Talibonita loves this vision of vintage America through director Leila Kanaan's eyes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Brooklyn, NY, United States. A Visual Inventory Merged with Mildly Academic Chatter by the Infamous Central Asian Bighead: Miss Talibonita (The Grand Extinguisher of Hate and Extremism) - I had to say the parenthetical cause I got hatemail.
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The Tin Cocoon: Rabia Balkhi
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Thursday, March 18, 2010. Rabia Balkhi was a 10th c. poet, and the first farsi-language woman poet. Her story is quite intense. She falls in love with her Turkish slave, Baktash, and as punishment, her brothers slit her with razors all over her body. She is left in a hamam. A steam bath, to bleed to death! Her last poem to Baktash is written in blood on the walls of the hamam. I am caught in Love's web so deceitful. None of my endeavors turn fruitful. Perhap...
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The Tin Cocoon: March 2009
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Monday, March 2, 2009. Jodha Akbar (2008) Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker or the Resurrection of Mughal/Rajput Glam. The city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan, birthplace of Miss Talibonita, was built by Jalaladin Mohammad Akbar. So in honor of Jalalabad's namesake, this blogpost about the imagined life of the Mughal Emperor Akbar via Bollywood. Married life is not so easy. The court threatens mutiny against the Emperor for marrying a Hindu wife. But Akbar...Well,...
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The Tin Cocoon: October 2009
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Friday, October 16, 2009. Nothing like a sick day to keep me internet-tuned all day. Here are some of my discoveries:. 2007, Shahzoda (Yes yes, Miss Talibonita is two years late! Love the romanticism for the yurt and no-epidural birthing days on the steppes of CenAsia! This is a beautiful song full of blessings and protection (like what aunties say when you go visit them except she's all sexy and you want to look like her! Links to this post.
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The Tin Cocoon: December 2008
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Saturday, December 27, 2008. Red Dawn, 1984 (Remember when American Movies fantasized about Russian Invasions? Well, coincidentally, this Russian invasion film happened just around the time that the Soviet-Afghan war was at its thickest and Afghans were winning popular American support. Americans scared the crap out of themselves and little Miss Talibonita had nightmares of the Russians invading Brooklyn. The first scene is especially traumatic! In this phot...
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The Tin Cocoon: August 2009
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Demythifying Central Asia one -stan at a time. Saturday, August 29, 2009. Mosque Series: Central Asia. Mosque Architecture, a few samples, in Central Asia. In Karakol, Kyrgyzstan this is a Dungan (Chinese Muslim) Mosque (built 1907). The blue makes it kin to the blue domes of Central Asia and Persia, but the rest of the architecture certainly looks like a Buddhist Pagoda. Sky-blue minaret in Dungan Mosque, Karakol. Inside of the Dungan Mosque in Karakol. Golden Mosque in Astana, Kazakhstan. The most beau...
