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War rugs
Literature
Jürgen Wasim Frembgen and Hans Werner Mohm:
Lebensbaum und Kalaschnikow. Krieg und Frieden im Spiegel
afghanischer Bildteppiche, Gollenstein Verlag (publishers),
Blieskastel (in Germany), 2000. This is the first known se-
rious and detailed study of any substance in the field of
the so-called "War Rugs" from Afghanistan [1]
External links
• Fyke Collection of Afghan War Rugs is a digital
collection of 48 textiles produced by Afghan weavers
in response to three decades of war. The rugs were
donated to The Nickle Arts Museum at the
University of Calgary by Robert Fyke (July 1966 - Jan.
2009)
• the rugsofwar weblog at the Australian National
University includes a range of images and
comprehensive links and a comprehensive
bibliography.
• Ron O’Callaghan (2003). "Afghan War Rugs: A Sub-
group With Iranian Influence". rugreview.com.
http://www.rugreview.com/stuf/afgwar.htm.
Contemporary version of the Layla and Majnun story Retrieved 2006-01-04.
• Graham Gower (2003). "Afghan War Rugs".
The war rug tradition of Afghanistan has its origins wanadoo.co.uk.com. Archived from the original on
in the decade of Soviet occupation of Afghanistan from 2005-12-18. http://web.archive.org/web/
1979, and has continued through subsequent military, 20051218011859/http://mysite.wanadoo-
political and social conflicts. Afghan rug-makers began members.co.uk/afghanwarrugs. Retrieved
incorporating the apparatus of war into their designs al- 2006-01-05.
most immediately after the Soviet Union invaded their • Kevin Sudeith (2002). "Index of war rugs for research
country. They continue to do so today in the wake of the and sale". warrug.com. http://www.warrug.com.
United States’ 2001 invasion of Afghanistan which oust- Retrieved 2008-02-13.
ed the Taliban government of Mullah Omar but has failed • Mascelloni Enrico (2009). "War rugs, The Nightmare
to bring an end to violence in the country. The rugs pro- of Modernism". warrug.com.
duced in response to these events are among the world’s http://www.caravancafe.it. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
richest traditions of war art of the late 20th and early 21st • Johanna Litzen e Nicola Guerra (2010). "Dai
centuries. kalashnikov alle twin towers: l’iconografia di guerra
The terms Baluch and war rug are generalisations giv- dei tappeti afgani". larondine.fi.
en to the genre by rug dealers, commercial galleries, col- http://www.larondine.fi/
lectors, critics and commentators. The distinctive char- index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=885&Itemid=1.
acteristic of these rugs is their capacity to convey their Retrieved 2011-02-18.
makers’ experiences and interpretations of the circum-
stances and politics of war and conflict in the region. • Rolf Sachsse: Geknüpfter und gewebter Krieg.
Little is known about the circumstances of war rugs’ Militärische Motive auf afghanischen Teppichen,
production and distribution, or their makers’ intentions. in:Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary
History, Online-Edition, Vol. 3, Nr. 2, 2006 [1] In
German.
• Transitional art War rugs.
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References
[1] Rugs of war bibliography
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