Afghanistan's Gem Hunters | Afghan Scene Magazine - Asia-Africa ...
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scene<strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> December 2009 scene<strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> December 2009 Kabul chart-buster ANDREA BUSFIELD sharesthe first chapter of her best-selling novel BornUnder A Million Shadows in <strong>Scene</strong>’s unmissableChristmas Gift GuideMy name is Fawad and my mothertells me I was born under theshadow of the Taliban.Because she said no more, Iimagined her stepping out of the sunshine andinto the dark; crouching in a corner to protectthe stomach that was hiding me, whilst a manwith a stick watched over us, ready to beat meinto the world.But then I grew up and I realized I wasn’tthe only one born under this shadow. There wasmy cousin Jahid, for one, and the girl Jamilla –we all worked the foreigners on Chicken Streettogether – and there was also my best friend,Spandi. Before I knew him, Spandi’s face was42<strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> December 2009www.afghanscene.comwww.afghanscene.com<strong>Afghan</strong> <strong>Scene</strong> December 200943
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