Netania sent this in:
The Hazara people are one of the many ethnic groups in Afghanistan. There are many theories about their origin, and they are probably very mixed, like many other peoples in the region. Genetically and culturally they are with certainty related to Persians, Mongolians and Uighurs. The Hazaras and Pashtuns (the ethnic majority of Afghanistan) have a long history of enmity, but I hope they can overcome it and work together to build a new Afghanistan.
About us
Tinet - after many years of studying among other things the Russian language and the cultural history of Russia, the Soviet Union and the Middle East, she has moved to one of the many cities of her dreams (Berlin, Germany) and works as a gun for hire for various publishing companies with typesetting, graphic design, translating and writing, besides drawing comics about funny Russians. She dreams of making big fat richly illustrated coffee table books about the images of Central Asian, Caucasian or Russian men from a cultural historic angle.
Ainur - Ph.D. of History at the University of Lund, Sweden, who in her research has focused on nationalism, identity and stereotypes, mainly in the context of Finnish views on Swedes. She also draws historically correct comics about the Jazz age in the 1920's, which also deal with nationalism, identity and stereotypes, in a quite entertaining way.
Tinet and Ainur are sisters, and their ethnic background is as follows: 62.5% Finnish, 25% Mishär Tatar, 12.5% Kale (Finnish Roma).
3 comments:
He is so cute and shy! Although I have never heard this singing style before, and the Hazara were unknown to me, I kvelled!
It's such a useful word. Properly "kvellen" means (in Yiddish) to feel happy and proud when someone close to you is succesful, especially your children. Maybe it's silly to feel so close to complete strangers, but I think it is a blessing. We are after all one big human family.
I'm a crybaby, though. I can't kvell without tears! Maybe it's a part of it - the word is related to the German word "Quelle", source, and "quellen", to overflow. My cup runneth over :)
Thanks for the video. I'm also Hazara please check out my webblog.
Regards,
Baatur
Thank you for your comment, Baatur! Your blog looks interesting. I'll be following it.
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