Pursuits
Don’t Let Burqas Fool You: Ghani Says Afghan Women Know Couture
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Just because for decades many Afghan women have worn shapeless burqas that leave only their eyes showing doesn’t mean they can’t be fashion-forward.
President Mohammed Ashraf Ghani thinks they can: He’s pitched world leaders on the idea that Afghanistan is just the place to sew couturiers’ latest designs.