Sheila Paine, an embroidery expert, journeyed through Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Kurdistan, the Black Sea coast and Bulgaria in search of an ancient embroidery pattern. Travelling alone, in remote and sometimes dangerous country, she had many extraordinary adventures: she was smuggled out of Afghanistan by a group of Mujahadeen, and concealed under a burka, and travelled through Iran in purdah, looking at the embroideries of the Zorastrians and unexpectedly finding the pattern among a primitive tribe, where women wear red masks. Sheila Paine writes about her adventures and especially about the people.
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Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 128 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
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978-0-14-017930-9 (9780140179309)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The quest. Kohistan: Chitral; Kalash; Peshawar; on the road; swat. Indus: the highway; Alai; Indus Kohistan; Dasu; Chilas; Gilgit; Palas; Mohenjo-daro. Makran: the trail; Quetta; Turbat; the villages; Gwadar; the minder; Mand; Christmas. Iran: Zahedan; Chah Bahar; the Zoroastrians; Shiraz; Bandar Abbas; Qeshm; Isfahan; Tabriz; the Kurds. Afghanistan: Quetta again; Kandahar; bus to Kabul; Kabul; Mazar-i Sharif; back to Kabul; Jalalabad; out of Afghanistan. Kurdistan: back to the Kurds; Istanbul; Diyarbakir; Zakho; the aid project; the English teacher; the Yezidis; out of Iraq. The Black Sea: Turkey - Anatolia, Trabzon, tulips and triangles; Bulgaria - Bulgaristan, the Ukrainians, Varna, Razgrad, the end of the trail.
