Afghanistan's Gem Hunters | Afghan Scene Magazine - Asia-Africa ...
Afghanistan's Gem Hunters | Afghan Scene Magazine - Asia-Africa ...
Afghanistan's Gem Hunters | Afghan Scene Magazine - Asia-Africa ...
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
<strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> December 2009SCENEAFGHANISSUE 65 - DECEMBER 2009Publisher: <strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> Ltd, Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, <strong>Afghan</strong>istanManager & Editor: <strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> Ltd, Kabul, <strong>Afghan</strong>istanDesign: Kaboora ProductionAdvertising: sales@afghanscene.comPrinter: Emirates Printing Press, DubaiContact: info@afghanscene.com / www.afghanscene.com<strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> welcomes the contribution of articles and / or pictures from its readers.Editorial rights reserved.Cover photo: Jason P. Howe <strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> December 20097 11 Acclaimed photographer David Gill meets the rockstar DJbrining new tunes to an old city in his latest installment ofKabul at Work13 BBC correspondent Martin Patience hikes into the HinduKush to meet the men blasting away in Panjshir’s emeraldmines133320 Sophia Swire goes underground to collect the pharaohs’favourite hue, from the world’s oldest Lapis mine inBadakhshan26 <strong>Scene</strong>’s bumper Christmas gift guide, with handmadetreats to fill every type of stocking33 Kabul stalwart Nancy Dupree remembers Kabul in the 1960scomplete with cabarets and cocktail bars42 Andrea Busfield shares the first chapter of her best-selling<strong>Afghan</strong> love story, Born Under a Million Shadows60 What lock-down? <strong>Scene</strong> finds black tie balls, garden partiesand Thanksgiving feasts aplenty68 NEW sushi restaurant Bentoya gets a glowing thumbs upfrom <strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong>72 All you need to know about where to go in Kabul76 UN Human Rights sleuth Niko Grubeck on the highsand lows of three years in <strong>Afghan</strong>istan68<strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> December 2009www.afghanscene.comwww.afghanscene.com<strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> December 20095
Change language