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Thank you
Hi
Thanks for posting my article on Afghan women’s life narrative, I hope people find it interesting. It is a chapter from a book just out now: ‘Soft Weapons: Autobiography in Transit’ Chicago University Press, 07.
best wishes
gillian
Asalaamu Alaikum
I came upon your websight quite by accident looking for research material for a college class research paper. One accident I am glad that I made. I ended up reading through several of your postings and the posts of people who also have found your websight. Especially the Thanksgiving message of Peace. I must say that I fully agree with the readers comments (and yes I to am a Christian). There is to much pain and suffering in the world today and to much hatred, to not “start focusing on what is the same in our hearts instead of what is different”. I would love to stay and read more, however as the White Rabbit said to Alice “I’m late, Im late, I’m late, for a very important date”, namely the completion of my research paper. However I have bookmarked the page and will return back here again.
-M.