Judith M. Spiegelman

Ms. Spiegelman is also the author of We Are The Children: A celebration of UNICEF's first forty years (published in 1986 by Atlantic Monthly Press). The photo and text above were taken from the sleeve of this book. (Photo by Mitch Epstein.)

Judith M. Spiegelman in the 1970s. Photo by Leon Brown.

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Pages 62 and 63: "How to Pronounce Foreign Words," continued.

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Pages 60 and 61: winnowing the wheat, continued, and "How to Pronounce Foreign Words"

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Pages 58 and 59: winnowing the wheat.

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Pages 56 and 57: working in the cucumber field.

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Page 54: the water pump.

Page 55: on the way home from school.

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Pages 52 and 53: school resumes.

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Pages 50 and 51: a doctor's examination at the school.

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Pages 48 and 49: at school, continued.

This photograph should be accompanied by the following text, which was cut off by my scanner: "The holiday comes at the end of the long, hot summer, on the first of Sonbala, according to the Afghan calendar. School closes down for the whole week during the celebrations."

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Page 46: at school, continued.

Page 47: celebrating Afghanistan's independence during the Jeshan holiday.

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Pages 44 and 45: at the school, continued.

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Pages 42 and 43: at the school, continued.

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Pages 40 and 41: at the school, continued.

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Pages 38 and 39: at school.

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Pages 36 and 37: going off to school.

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Pages 34 and 35: back at home to have breakfast.

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Pages 32 and 33: at the mosque.

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Pages 30 and 31: the next morning, continued.

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Pages 28 and 29: the next morning.

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Pages 26 and 27: after supper.

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Pages 24 and 25:  supper at home, continued.

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Pages 22 and 23: supper at home.

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Pages 21 and 22: Mumuzai.

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Pages 18 and 19: the trip home to Mumuzai.

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Pages 16 and 17: in Kabul.

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Pages 14 and 15: the trip to Kabul, continued.

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Pages 12 and 13: the trip to Kabul, continued.

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Pages 10 and 11: the trip to Kabul.

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Pages 8 and 9. Note the changes in the map since this book was published: the Soviet Union and Kashmir no longer exist.