After finding out about each others’ families, discussing values is a great direction to go. Family values, modesty, the sanctity of life, honesty, honor, integrity, the heart vs. the outward appearance, submission, humility, and compassion provide plenty of different ways you and your new muslim friend can begin to get to know one another.
Rather than spotlighting Afghans living in a particular country today, I thought I’d do a search on WordPress for interesting blogs and blog posts about Afghan culture. Some of these I have shared before and some I just stumbled upon today for the first time. I’m including the links below as you might be interested.…
Please pray for Fareed Hussaini with the loss of his wife, and pray for the health of his son Saimon who has MD in Australia and the grandmother in Quetta who desires to hold her grandson. Read, “One man’s battle to reunite his seriously ill son with his grandparents” and view the accompanying video for…
Warm fuzzies get us through difficult times. Today, I read a very cool article about a man collecting and sending Beanie Babies and beef jerky to the troops in Afghanistan. The Beanie babies are for injured Afghan children who are being treated, and the jerky is for the troops. What a way to send warm…
I just read an article titled “Studies Show Afghanistan Worst Place for Mothers.” The article shares that the life expectancy for women in Afghanistan is the lowest in the world at 45. Many women die in childbirth. Another article I read recently “Beyond Flowers for Mom” suggests giving your mom a Mother’s Day gift that…
Travel from Afghanistan to London via an article providing an interesting snapshot into the lives, occupations, and culture of educated Afghans abroad. Earlier this month, WordPress Blogger Sayed Basir Mojab published a post titled Afghans in London. It contains interviews with various Afghan men and women who live in the UK, people such as: Nazanin Azimi, …
Today, I read the following article in the Irish Times: School Girl Will Not Be Deported to Afghanistan. It is an interesting article about Afghan families abroad. In this case, this student lives and studies in the Netherlands. Sahar Hbrahimgel is in a pre-university track hoping to study medicine. According to the article, written by…
This is a very moving story about a young Hazara man who fled from Afghanistan to seek asylum in Australia, who wants to be reunited with his family. http://refuniteaustralia.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/afghan-flees-death-by-foot-air-and-flimsy-boat/ And this story is also a good one to read to learn about the numbers of refugees fleeing from Afghanistan to safer, more stable environments: http://refuniteaustralia.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/afghanistans-lost-boys-on-australias-doorstep/…
Continue to pray for Shoaib Assadullah. You can read more about his situation in the following article: 23-year old faces death penalty for accepting Jesus. From his own pen: “It has almost been 5 months that I have been in jail. The only reason is that I am a Christian.” As believers we have a…
Many Afghans leave their homeland in search of a better life. Some leave for a short time period for education or work abroad in order to either help their families back home financially or to return to Afghanistan to improve their country and to improve life for the next generation.
Afghans Abroad 
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