Browsing All posts tagged under »M. Jamil Hanifi«
Causes and Consequences of the Destabilization of Afghanistan
Over the last 30 years, the polity of Afghanistan has undergone several overlapping transformations. The structure of power at the center has collapsed, causing the center-periphery relationship to evaporate. The movement of economic and human resources from various regions of Afghanistan to locations across international borders, especially in Iran and Pakistan, has intensified. Ethnic, sectarian, […]
Taleban–Not Taliban
July 8, 2010 by M. Jamil Hanifi
In Western discourse, the neo-fundamentalist Taleban movement and the noun from which it is derived are awkwardly, often incorrectly, represented. In Paxtu (Pakhtu, Pashto, Pushtu, etc.) the movement is rendered da talebano ghorzang, and in Dari (Afghan Farsi), jonbesh-e taleban. In Paxtu and Dari usage, the noun taleb (student, seeker of knowledge) is gendered, and […]
The Killing Fields of Marja
July 6, 2010 by M. Jamil Hanifi
Updated with an addendum (see below) The HTS (Human Terrain System) and the U. S. Marine operations in Marja had nothing to do with the presence of the Taleban resistance forces, “winning the hearts and minds of Afghans”, “winning the cooperation of Afghan civilians”, or “uprising against the insurgency”. The representation of Marja as a […]
Afghanistan and the Emergence of the Taliban: Reviewed Works
September 2, 2009 by M. Jamil Hanifi
A previous article on this site quoted sections of Ahmed Rashid’s TALIBAN: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000), a partial copy of which is available here. The following is a review by M. Jamil Hanifi published in The Middle East Journal, with details of the history of […]
A More Formal Welcome to the New Blogger: M. Jamil Hanifi
September 1, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
While we continue to work out some technical problems with access, a more formal welcome is due to the newest blogger at Open Anthropology, M. Jamil Hanifi. You can read more about Jamil on the updated Bloggers page. Jamil has produced several articles on this blog throughout July and August of 2009. In case you […]
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July 12, 2010 by M. Jamil Hanifi
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