In Response to Steve McCurry’s Silent Language of Hands
Steve McCurry recently posted a group of photos titled Silent Language of Hands. Steve McCurry recently posted a group of photos titled Silent Language of Hands.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign
Fresh Hot Bread from the Tandoor Here is a tandoor (clay oven) used for making bread (naan) in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Delicious, hot, fresh naan coming out of the tandoor. As you pray for our Muslim friends celebrating the sacrifice holiday, every time you eat a piece of bread,…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Mine
This Afghan man may not have a lot, but he has his wheelbarrow and a place to sit. Pray for Afghans living abroad as they provide for their families back in Afghanistan. Pray for those seeking Truth and Peace. Pray for those helping Afghans in Afghanistan and abroad for their safety and health. Click…
Talk About Faith–Prayer
You may be surprised that many Muslims think Christians do not pray because our way of prayer is so different. Muslim prayer is usually very public, performed at a Masjid (Mosque) or an outdoor prayer place 5 times a day. Christian prayer is often done silently, in private place
Who is Oppressed?
Today I viewed a comic strip on another WordPress blog that really gives us a lesson in perspective. Are the ladies in the photo below oppressed? Check out the comic strip on Pink’s blog and let me know your thoughts, click here to view the comic. Oppression takes place among families in every culture…it just…
Afghans in Qatar
Great news! Please watch this newly completed prayer walk video. Take a virtual prayer walk through the streets of Qatar and pray for Afghans who live there. Qatar, located in the Middle East near the Arabian Peninsula, is slated to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 (unless the current controversy changes that). Click on…
Afghans of Kuwait
Please join me today in praying for the Afghans residing and working in Kuwait. Many sites list the hundreds of thousands of Afghans (particularly Pashtuns) living in the Middle East in countries such as Kuwait. A couple of months ago, the Kuwait government put a ban in place prohibiting Afghans and Pakistanis from obtaining visas…
Afghan Culture around WordPress
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.…
Afghans in America
Today, please pray for Afghans living in America. Here is an excellent article on the history of Afghan-Americans: http://www.everyculture.com/multi/A-Br/Afghan-Americans.html. In this article, you can read about the history of Afghans settling in America, where they have settled, cuisine, costumes, holidays, health issues, politics, language, and much more. The author, Tim Eigo, lists some of the…
A Prayer for Saimon
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…
Afghans Abroad 
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