The Beauty of Pakistan

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Ancient but modern. This is the paradox and the joy of Pakistan, a young nation forged in the crucible of one of the world's oldest civilisations. Here the traveller will find a mosaic of resolute and time-tested cultures woven together by the pure faith of Islam. These cultures are expressed in the beautiful mosques, sculptures, tapes-tries, literature and paintings. Likewise, the beautiful handicrafts of the people bear witness to their adroit skills garnered over the centuries.
Underlying all this are the magnificent vistas of a land of mountains and plains, fields and orchards, farmlands and sweeping river valleys. In the north lie the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, while the great swathe of the mighty River Indus terminates in the south in a delta which gave birth and vigour to what is perhaps the world's earliest civilisation.
Beauty of Pakistan captures in panoramic detail, and the richly coloured hűes of both pictures and narrative, the enduring story of this ancient... Tovább

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Ancient but modern. This is the paradox and the joy of Pakistan, a young nation forged in the crucible of one of the world's oldest civilisations. Here the traveller will find a mosaic of resolute and time-tested cultures woven together by the pure faith of Islam. These cultures are expressed in the beautiful mosques, sculptures, tapes-tries, literature and paintings. Likewise, the beautiful handicrafts of the people bear witness to their adroit skills garnered over the centuries.
Underlying all this are the magnificent vistas of a land of mountains and plains, fields and orchards, farmlands and sweeping river valleys. In the north lie the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, while the great swathe of the mighty River Indus terminates in the south in a delta which gave birth and vigour to what is perhaps the world's earliest civilisation.
Beauty of Pakistan captures in panoramic detail, and the richly coloured hűes of both pictures and narrative, the enduring story of this ancient and modern country; and of its intriguing and immensely varied peoples and their exciting and fascinating cultures.
Mohamed Amin and Duncan Willetts with writer Graham Hancock ha ve come not only to understand the infinite variety of Pakistan but to love it, too. Their book is a dedication arising from many months of travel through Pakistan where Mohamed Amin, a world renowned photographer, was recently awarded the Order of the Tamgha-i-lmtiaz. Vissza