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Everything about Pashtunization
Cultural or linguistic change towards Pashtun
Pashtunization, is a process of cultural or linguistic change in which someone or something non-Pashtun becomes acculturated or assimilated to Pashtun influence. Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and second-largest in Pakistan. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PashtunizationA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The Kite RunnerThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: Khalaj peopleA closely related topic
- Go sideways: GhiljiA closely related topic
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📚 Books worth reading
The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini · 2003- 📕Fihrist-i mawz̤ūʻāt-i mūsīqīGhulām Ghaws̲ · 1984
- 📕Niyū varlḍ ārḍar aur Pashtūn Qaumī TaḥrīkAmān Bāzaʼī · 1990
- 📕Puṣhtūn zhghornah, Peṣhawar jalsahḤayrān Khān · 2018
- 📕Puṣhtūn lāng MārchLīd Ṡeṛanīz Markaz · 2020
- 📕Puṣhtūn parlatSajjād Zhwandūn · 2018
Walks in WaziristanGraham F. Reed · 2010- 📕LANGUAGE, IDEOLOGY AND POWERTARIQ RAHMAN
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