And more importantly – the liberal use of photoshop to create not one, but montages to the great self.



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If you’re a male visitor to Afghanistan then chances are you’ve made a trip to the Soviet tank graveyard on the outskirts of Kabul. It’s …
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The Institute for Money, Tecnhology and Financial Inclusion has generated a list of 11 Design Principles for Financial Services for the Poor, drawn from a …
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The driver was suitably grumpy when he picked us up at the lodge mumbling that he was 32 hours into a 36 hour shift – …
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All heads heavily photoshopped obviously. Of note: the desire/ability to appear twice in the same image; the penchant towards military; gun size preferences – only …
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Concrete blast-walls a feature of the green zone in Kabul – creating raised sidewalks for pedestrians wishing to be one step away from the road.
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The extent to which social activities take place out on the streets, in the home or, as in Afghanistan – around the family compound and …
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The wedding singer district: the extent to which and reasons why particular businesses cluster around one physical location.
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