The Weaponization of Nostalgia: How Afghan Miniskirts Became the Latest Salvo in the War on Terror

Resource type
Blog Post
Title
The Weaponization of Nostalgia: How Afghan Miniskirts Became the Latest Salvo in the War on Terror
Abstract
Why is it that non-Afghans only care to learn about Afghanistan when there are pictures of women in miniskirts involved? By shifting the topic to women's clothing, broader questions around the problems facing Afghanistan become elided – and the discussion goes back to a simplistic dichotomy between Islam and secular modernity.View Post
Blog Title
Ajam Media Collective
Date
9/7/17, 12:33 AM
Accessed
8/16/21, 7:37 PM
Language
en-US
Short Title
The Weaponization of Nostalgia
Citation
The Weaponization of Nostalgia: How Afghan Miniskirts Became the Latest Salvo in the War on Terror. (2017, September 7). Ajam Media Collective. https://ajammc.com/2017/09/06/weaponization-nostalgia-afghan-miniskirts/