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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
14 Aug 2002
Central Asia Fiction (CAF)
cenasia-fiction.netfirms.com, [?Toronto, CA]
Self-description:
"CAF [est. 2001, ISSN 1608-9715 - ed.] publishes stories & photos on a rolling basis. Now accepting submissions
[stories of up to 6,000 words in length - ed.]
of any modern fictional genre on Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, & Uzbekistan. Print out CAF stories to
read and share at your leisure! Visit often and see what's new!
CAF Photo Exhibit: Amazing photos submitted from all over
the region - including Afghanistan."
Site contents:
[Recent submissions:] 'Hostage To Celestial Turks' - by Altaer Magdi (Memoirs of a local translator taken hostage in the
mountains of Xingiang, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan); 'The Golden Necklace' - by Bibi Shirin
Jehanara (Afghan folktale of laughing flowers, crying emeralds, and angels watching
over the dispossessed); 'A Woman's Place' - by Betsy Thomas Amin-Arsala (Getting
acquainted with the bathing and social habits of Afghan women); 'The Doctor's
Absolution' - by Erik Blender (Infidelity, STDs & tradition in Uzbekistan);
'Pale Rose' - by Alireza Asgharzadeh (Azeris in Iran);
Gallery; Story Archive; Submit; Mission; E-mail
URL http://cenasia-fiction.netfirms.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/cenasia-fiction.netfirms.com
Link reported by: CAF Editor (cafeditor@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100
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