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The Nation
September 3, 2017
“Some of the craftsmen had worked for the King,” he said, referring to Mohammed Zaher Shah, who was deposed in 1973. But the process is still a race against time. “For Jali and Nuristani carving, we had teachers who were the last in Afghanistan, they passed away. If we were not able to preserve theseÃâà...
The News International
August 21, 2017
KABUL: Ceramics, carpentry, calligraphy and gem cutting: centuries of Afghan craftmanship honed on the ancient Silk Road are being preserved in Kabul, a rare success story for an aid project in the war-torn country that organisers are now hoping to replicate with refugees from Syria. In the sixteen yearsÃâà...
gulfnews.com
July 16, 2017
1973 Afghanistan is proclaimed a republic, following palace coup that ends 40-year rule of King Mohammad Zaher Shah. 1975 US astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts in Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft link up while in orbit and join hands. 1979 Anastasio Somoza arrives in US declaring himself a political exileÃâà...
National Geographic
April 4, 2014
Zaher said his grandfather, King Zaher Shah, had first dreamed of creating a national park in the area in the 1950s. "We can prove that the cause of protecting the environment and wildlife can also be utilized as an instrument of peace and tolerance," said Zaher. "The government of Afghanistan understandsÃâà...
hellomagazine.com
September 15, 2013
Prince Muhammad Ali of Egypt and Princess Noal Zaher, the granddaughter of King Zaher Shah of Afghanistan, have married in a lavish, traditional ... On the groom's side, King Fuad II, the last reigning monarch of Egypt, and his two other children, Prince Fakhruddin and Princess Fawzia-Latifa posed forÃâà...
Khaama Press
August 2, 2013
King Zaher Shah's granddaughter Noal Zaher Princess Noal Zaher, the granddaughter of Afghanistan King Zaher Shah is due to tie knot with Egypt's Prince Muhammad Ali on 30 August this year. The couples are bus with impending royal wedding, after they announced their engagement on 27 April 2013.
hellomagazine.com
August 2, 2013
Prince Muhammad Ali of Egypt and Princess Noal Zaher, granddaughter of King Zaher Shah of Afghanistan, are busy preparing for their impending royal wedding. ... The Egyptian prince was born in Cairo in 1979 and is the eldest son of Fuad II, the last king of Egypt, giving him the title of Prince of Sa'id.
New York Times
November 6, 2004
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 23 — Mohammad Zahir Shah , the former king of Afghanistan, whose 40-year reign, which ended in 1973, was esteemed enough to earn him the title “father of the nation” in the current Constitution, died Monday in Kabul. He was 92. President Hamid Karzai, a fellow PashtunÃâà...
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