Wheelbarrows are the Afghan market trader’s display-transport of choice – with the wares on sale -from fruit to underwear. This seller sacrifices one fish to …
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Didn’t pop inside, but if its anything like my experiences from other working districts
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Darting around Mazar e Sharif on the back of a trial-bike doing ad-hoc interviews with manual labourers. There are consequences to asking questions and taking …
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Male libido enhancers for sale on the Kabul streets. Given the high volume of fakes, how do consumers judge what is real? Related presentation …
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How to market medication at a illiterate/semi-literate consumer base?
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Any kite that comes too low is fair game – the first person to catch it, owns it – hence the cricket/baseball style person-spacing on …
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The great thing about layered airport security is that you get to meet the same people over and over and over. Today I get to …
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An apparent thief caught and about to be repeatedly, violently hit by one of the officers. The need in any society for people to see …
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Given the situation in Afghanistan how smart is it to conduct street/ad-hoc research on the ground? To answer this it’s worth reflecting on the working …
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Our local guides here schooled us on Afghan romance 101 – how boys/men and girls/women find ways to bridge the significant gulf between the sexes …
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