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War Rugs: What Little Girls Make

From: Susan Barrett Price
Length: 00:02:30

Contemplating a war rug made during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Read the full description.

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Piece Description

A beautiful Turkomen rug reveals its designs to be made of hand-grenades, helicopters, and Kalashnikovs -- a "souvenir" of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. What's worse, I learn, is that tribal carpets are made by little girls. I wonder what little girls there are weaving today.