Pashtun Culture - Pashto Media, Loya Jirga, Yusuf Khan and Sherbano, Pollywood, Pashtunwali, Wahdat, Nanawatai, Rubab, Shamshad TV, Khat (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Pashto media, Loya jirga, Yusuf Khan and Sherbano, Pollywood, Pashtunwali, Wahdat, Nanawatai, Rubab, Shamshad TV, Khattak Dance, Pashto music, Naswar, Attan, AVT Khyber, Khyber News, Afghan Islamic Press, Hewad TV, Lemar TV, Radio Television Afghanistan, Pashtun names, Makha, Watan TV, Adam Khan and Durkhanai. Excerpt: Pashto media includes Pashto literature, Pashto language newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations, as well as Pashto films and Pashto internet. Pashto media involves the Pashtuns of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Pashtun diaspora around the world. Amir Kror Suri, son of Amir Polad Suri, is an 8th century folk hero .and king from the Ghor region in Afghanistan.Pashto is not only the name of a language, but it comprises all traditions, norms and values of the Pashtun people. The history of Pashto language comprises thousands of years. It is widely believed among the Pashtuns that the earliest written Pashto poems were written in the 8th century CE by Amir Kror Suri of Ghor, Afghanistan. Amir Kror was the son of Amir Polad and they belonged to the Suri Pashtun tribe. Since paper was not much in use in the Pashtun territory, Poets usually performed poetry verbally and its fans memorized the work. Another reason may be that most Pashtuns are nomads and warriors, they lack writing skills. Due to these and other reasons, Pashto remained as a verbal language only. The poems by Amir Kror Suri were discovered and saved in Pata Khazana, a work compiled by Shah Hussain Hotaki and last edited by professor Abdul Hai Habibi from Kandahar. Abu Muhammad Hashim Sarwani was another poet of that period. He was born around the Helmand Province in the 9th century. He was the student of Ullema of Basat. It is also said...