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A fund raising event of celebrating Afghan culture music, dance, tales and food with Masawat Development Fund for its medical and educational assistance to the people of Mazar-e-Sharif. You will also meet the author of The Rugmaker of Mazar-E-Sharif and The Honey Thief, Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman, renowned refugee advocate Julian Burnside AO QC, [...]

The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif

by Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman

“I did not know that I could feel this much sorrow without a body to bury… We who are watched and guarded, we who are questioned, probed, doubted – we are all illegals”…

Beautifully captured and penned by award-winning biographer Robert Hillman, this is a compelling story of an [...]

The Honey Thief

by Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman

A wonderful new book from the authors of the popular title The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif is now available. The Honey Thief, a collection of spellbinding fables in the rich storytelling tradition of Afghanistan. The honey thief book cover

‘Moving effortlessly from the oral to the written, from folktale to [...]