Negotiating Pakhto : proverbs, Islam and the construction of identity among Pashtuns
The aim of this study is to describe and analyse the ways in which two themes, Islam and pashtunwali, are expressed in Pashto proverbs. The 27 million Pashtun (Pakhtun, Pathan) people are the dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan and in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province. “Pashtunwali” or “pakht...
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Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
2000
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.418525 |