Kabul cafe is a front line in a war over culture and social mores in Afghanistan - The Washington Post
Afghanistan
Welcome to Kabul’s Art Cafe and Restaurant, the latest front line in a
seesawing urban culture war between a post-Taliban, Internet-savvy
generation that wants to push the limits of democratic freedom and a
deeply conservative Muslim establishment that is determined to preserve
its traditions — especially the segregation of the sexes.
Young
men and women socialize in a niche around a hookah pipe at the Art Cafe
and Restaurant in Kabul on Wednesday. The popular gathering place for
students and other young people is a challenge to Afghanistan’s
conservative Muslim culture. (Pamela Constable/The Washington Post)
