Afghanistan's heroic artists / Heroic artists series editor, Rob Waring. - Boston : Heinle/Cengage Learning, c2010 - 24 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 21 cm. - Footprint reading library. Remarkable people . - Footprint reading library. Remarkable people. Advanced C1 .

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When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the religious group aimed to destroy any artistic expression that violated their strict interpretation of Islamic rules. A group of Afghan artists risked death by disobeying the Taliban to preserve the artwork of their country. Who are the men that saved Afghanistan's art? How did they do it?

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Taliban --Juvenile literature.


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Artists--Afghanistan --Juvenile literature.
Art--Censorship--Afghanistan --Juvenile literature.