[MAPC-coord] Fwd: FW: [MAPC-media] RE: RE: [MAPC-com] Afghani

[MAPC-coord] Fwd: FW: [MAPC-media] RE: RE: [MAPC-com] Afghani

born-digital

email

yes

no

2001-11-09

more info, should have finished reading ALL my emails first.. I guess it;s
up to you...

X

>From: "X" <Xcom>
>Reply-To: communication@madpeace.org
>To: communication@madpeace.org
>Subject: FW: [MAPC-media] RE: RE: [MAPC-com] Afghani is the currency-
>Afghan is the people
>Date: Thu,  8 Nov 2001 13:59:50 -0800
>
>
>And that's the last of this nonsense...
>-fp-
>
> >--- Original Message ---
> >From: "X"
> >Date: 11/8/01 3:55:20 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >X,
> >Didn't mean to bust you on that, but I've heard it both ways
> >with no ethnic sensitivity...
> >
> >"Afghanistan is a land of many ethnic groups, hence many languages.
> >The biggest ethnic group is the Pashtuns, who speak a language
> >called Pashto. Accounts vary as to whether the Pashtuns still
> >constitute an outright majority of the Afghan population. But
> >Pashtun kings ruled Afghanistan (often under heavy British influence)
> >more or less continuously from its founding in 1780 until 1973,
> >when King Zahir Shah was ousted and exiled to Italy. The second-largest
> >ethnic group in Afghanistan is the Tajiks, who speak a variant
> >of Farsi called Dari. Today, Pashto and Dari are the twin official
> >languages of Afghanistan (although many other ethnic groups
>speak
> >many other languages).
> >
> >In Pashto, the word for Afghan is something that sounds very
> >like "Afghan." But in Dari, the word for Afghan is something
> >that sounds very like "Afghani." The same is true in Urdu, which
> >is also spoken in Afghanistan."
> >
> >The above was lifted from Slate on-line, and I'm sorry I can't
> >credit the author.
> >
> >Basically I'm sure you're right.  "Afghani" sounds like such
> >an authentic formation that I wouldn't have thought to question
> >it.  And it can't hurt the Madison Area Peace Coalition to remain
> >sensitive to what others would like to hear us call them in
>English!
> > I hope you'll attend the news conference in the Assembly Parlor
> >tomorrow at 10am.
> >X
> >
> >
> >>--- Original Message ---
> >>From: "X,  Wisconsin Public Radio--Madiso" <X>
> >>To: "X" <X>
> >>Date: 11/8/01 3:40:05 PM
> >>
> >
> >>X,
> >>
> >>ooops ! caught red handed padding my sources. I actually have
> >
> >>heard only one person explicitly complain about this and I
>don't
> >
> >>know her name she was in the audience at either the Central
> >Asian
> >>Seminar I went to at Lowell Hall a couple of weeks ago or the
> >
> >>workshop on the Taliban at the South Asian conference also
>a
> >few
> >>weeks agao at Lowell . She identified herself not as an Afghan
> >
> >>actually but as being PHD student from Baluchistan , a region
> >and
> >>ethinc group that includes people and land in both Pakistan
> >and
> >>Afghanistan. Neither the Afghan who spoke at the South Asian
> >
> >>conference, Zalmay Gulzad ,a professor from Loyola nor the
>
> >>Afghan human rights activist  Belquis Ahmadi who spoke this
> >week
> >>on campus used Afghani to refer to the people from their native
> >
> >>land. Both used both  of the two alternatives I suggested.
> >>
> >>Hope this suffices. I am convinced my unidentified source-
>that
> >
> >>Baluchi(sic) woman-  is reliable.
> >>
> >>This reminds me of the flap I got into recently over the London
> >
> >>Independent's report on specific terrorist threats in Wisconsin.
> > The
> >>reporter Andy Gumble I talked to would not identify his source
> >but
> >>insisted he/she was reliable. The best he could do was tell
> >me
> >>he/she "works with the federal government in a position that
> >would
> >>have access to this information" .
> >>
> >>So take it with a grain of salt. I do know that the currency
> >is
> >>"Afghani". That you can look up yourself from financial sources
> >on
> >>the web.
> >>
> >>X
> >>
> >>To:             halsted@wpr.org
> >>Copies to:      media@madpeace.org
> >>From:           "X " <X>
> >>Subject:        RE: [MAPC-com] Afghani is the currency- Afghan
> >is the people
> >>Date sent:      Thu,  8 Nov 2001 13:14:09 -0800
> >>
> >>
> >>X,
> >>Thanks for the input.  I'll be the first to admit that I lack
> >>cultural competence as far as ethnic nomenclature in the peoples
> >>of central and southern Asia.  Just to satisy an old journalist's
> >>curiousity regarding second sourcing the valuable insight you've
> >>provided, would you mind sharing the names and contact info
> >of
> >>some of
> >>the several Afghan people you have heard from? Frank
> >>
> >>>--- Original Message ---
> >>>From: "X,  Wisconsin Public Radio--Madiso"
> >>><X> To: media@madpeace.org Date: 11/8/01 1:46:06
> >PM
> >>>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>Dear Friends,
> >>>
> >>>This is just a friendly correction. I have noticed the use
> >of
> >>the word
> >>>"Afghani" in some of your leaflets , in particular the Truax
> >>Demo
> >>>one . This in incorrect and I have heard several Afghan people
> >>
> >>>complain about this usage over the past month . Afghani is
> >what
> >>
> >>>the paper currency used in the county is called. Please try
> >>to use
> >>>Afghan or Afghans, or "the people of Afganistan ' in future
> >>printed
> >>>material.
> >>>
> >>>X
> >>>
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> >>
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> >
> >
> >
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[MAPC-coord] Fwd: FW: [MAPC-media] RE: RE: [MAPC-com] Afghani