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Radio Azadi
A Radio Azadi interview (in Pashto) with Abdul Hamid Shirzai, an Afghan living in Canada, about Hoopoe’s Books for Afghanistan program, its history and plans.

The National
Culture: How folk tales are giving children in conflict-ridden regions fresh windows on the world

SFGate
Books for Afghanistan keeps culture an open book

The Asia Foundation
The Asia Foundation Delivers 1.2 Million Children’s Books throughout Afghanistan
Traditional Afghan tales in local languages and English inspire reading in 548 schools

The Washington Post
Afghan students learn to read with folk tales

The Asia Foundation
Traditional Afghan Tales Return Home