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Las Positas College Literary Arts Festival. Saturday May 7, 2022.

Las Positas College Literary Arts Festival. Saturday May 7, 2022.

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Be sure to attend the SP '22 LPC Literary Arts Festival (Links to an external site.) for which Tamim Ansary will be the keynote speaker and lead a memoir writing workshop. Your instructor may offer extra credit for attending one or more of the events and submitting a one-paragraph summary of your experience.

 

Tamim Ansary

Get to know Tamim Ansary, his cat, and his writing process - 4:18 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLs56WPtRFk

Interview with Tamim about themes and events in West of Kabul East of New York (Spoiler Alert) -- 50:33 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVTkqaL1iq8

Ansary's Reflections on the American War and Withdrawal in Afghanistan: https://spectator.clingendael.org/en/publication/end-american-era-afghanistan-personal-view

Tamim Ansary's Official Website: http://www.mirtamimansary.com/

 

History, Culture, and People of Afghanistan

A Brief History of Afghanistan -- 15 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObKRVQDKMwU

A Summary of the History of Afghanistan -- 14:11 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6usr-C3lcQ

Origins and Myths of Afghanistan (ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious) -- 35:55 min

https://youtu.be/ipwWXY-ig08

Afghanistan in the 1950s -- 28:52 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naHWKSpjZGI

Pictures of Afghanistan in the 1960s and 1970s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPME0mMice8 

History of War and Conflict in Afghanistan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h2s0x

 

Sunni and Shia Muslim Divide

Khan Academy Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMbAu2Oh7PA


Khan Academy Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FygpbbwsSGg

 

The American War in Afghanistan and Its Aftermath

Overview of the War in Afghanistan 
Part 1 Leading up to the war: Up to 9/11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4LEfbSXOLc

 

In the Words of the Presidents -- 20 Years of War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhyN0ve1PYI

The Complete History of the Afghanistan War -- A Two Part Documentary
Part I -- The Modern History of Afghanistan and The Rise and Fall of The Taliban -- 1:07:33 

Part II -- 9/11 Forward 1:13:01

The Chaotic and Disastrous Withdraw of American Troops -- 13:23

https://youtu.be/9PARcvT3kjM

 

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