{"product_id":"9781922330758","title":"Two Afternoons in the Kabul Stadium","description":"Author: Bonyhady, Tim\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922330758\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Aug 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exciting social history of Afghanistan told through art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the complete coverage of chadaris to mini-skirts, and back again. From ancient carpet designs to woven depictions of tanks and Kalashnikovs. From photographs of unveiled women to an image of horror-the execution of a kneeling woman known as Zaremeena, videoed covertly by one of the few watching women. This remarkable book provides a history of Afghanistan through the visual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Kabul Stadium looms large because it was there, one afternoon in August 1959, that women first appeared in western dress at a celebration of Afghanistan's independence-a turning point, not only for women in Afghanistan's cities but also for the country itself, symbolising its embrace of the modern. It was also there, one afternoon in November 1999, that the Taliban killed Zarmeena.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo Afternoons in the Kabul Stadium\u003c\/i\u003e offers both a new way of seeing Afghanistan and a new way of understanding it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Bonyhady's books include the award-winning \u003ci\u003eGood Living Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Colonial Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Enchantment of the Long-haired Rat\u003c\/i\u003e. He has curated two landmark exhibitions of Afghan war rugs.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48198012960926,"sku":"UBD-9781922330758","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922330758.jpg?v=1787745411","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922330758","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}