Write@Home
Winter 2015

Homeland

Landscape and building in city with mountains and blue sky background

I will never forgets my Motherland country. I have tons of childhood memories from my country. Afghanistan has unique and blest culture, food and nature.

Afghanistan has individual culture. indeed, Afghan culture is known for its genuine culture and Afghan people generally put their family's interests before their own. Meanwhile, Afghanistan has true Islamic culture, and the majority people are practicing Islam. Secondly, Afghan people are kind and courteous to older people, traditionally its part of our culture to take care and respect for the elders. Overall, we can only say that Afghan culture is an authentic ancient culture and Afghanistan has the most diverse cultures.

Afghanistan cuisine is renowned for rich variety of flavor meats and dishes. Afghanistan has amazingly restaurants in every country in terms of food quality and taste. Indeed, Afghan food has all the essential components like carbohydrates, proteins, and fats to ensure a healthy, balanced meal. Furthermore, Afghan kebabs and qabuli are incredibly famous, the unique ingredients and traditional cooking methods make Afghan kebabs and qabuli particularly memorable. Lastly Afghan cuisine is growing quickly. Over the last years, it has become easier to find Afghani restaurants in every countries.

Afghanistan nature is the most beautiful and likable nature that I know. Afghanistan nature mostly covers forbidding mountains and dry desert. Although, Afghanistan has dramatic geography and varied climates with beautiful summer and winter. Therefore, Afghanistan nature is a great variety of wild animals roaming the mountains and foothills, including wolves, foxes, striped hyenas, and jackals. Additionally, Band-e Amir (Amir Lake) is one of Afghanistan’s most incredible natural wonders, Amir Lake is one of the few rare natural lakes in the world which are created by travertine systems. Finally, Afghanistan has an arid continental climate with considerable temperature and precipitation variation between seasons.

To sum up, I would like to show and describe to people, how beautiful and unique Afghanistan food, culture and nature is. I really feel lucky to spend my childhood in Afghanistan. Tourists after visiting Afghanistan, will highly recommend other people to visit and explore Afghanistan.