(21 Jan 2008)
Kabul - December 2007
1. Various shots of Kabul old city high view
2. Close shot old house
3. Wide shot Asheqan wa Arefan Street, in Kabul old city district
4. Mid shot People walking on the street
5. Smoke coming out of chimneys of houses
6. Wide shot of Sayed Hassan Parwisi, an elder in the old city neighbourhood sitting with friends
7. Various shots of wooden carpentry in ancient style
8. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Sayed Hassan Parwisi, old city neighbourhood elder
"We're proud of these muddy and wooden houses that we have because this is historical. Every country has its historical places, and here, this is it. We want this place to remain a historical site."
9. Locals walking in reconstructed street of Kabul old city
10. Various shots of reconstruction in old city
11. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mohammad Aslam, Local worker
"We are very happy that the reconstruction is going on in this area right now and hopefully it will continue in future as well."
12. Exterior of Asheqan Wa Arefan shrine after its reconstruction was done
13. Wide shot of shrine compound
14. Various shots of ancient style carpentry inside the shrine corridor
15. Mid shot Jolyon Leslie Managing Director for AKTC (Agha Khan Trust for Culture) explaining the Reconstruction process in Kabul old city
16. Close shot Photo showing Afghans working in Kabul old city
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jolyon Leslie Managing Director for AKTC (Agha Khan Trust for Culture)
"People have got something to save particularly when they have lost so much as result of conflict and in a situation where there isn't a lot of emphases on looking backwards, there is a lot emphases on looking forward you know the brave new Afghanistan. It is quite important for people to remember whether they are politicians, whether they are ordinary women and men, whether they are children that actually this is part of their heritage, this is part of their identity whether it is a house beautiful bit of decoration in a house, or whether it is a mosque where they pray, or whether it is a lovely old building that has been converted into a school."
18. Various shots of Aminullah, a house owner in Kabul old city going to his house
19. Various shots of ancient style carpentry work on the walls and windows of Aminullah's house
20. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Aminullah, Owner of the house,
"To be honest, the houses in the old city are ancient. They were handed down to us from our fathers. If someone asked me to exchange it for a house in Shar-e Naw (Kabul New City), I would not trade it because I'm very attached to this house. It's a very old house, and it's very nice."
21. Various shots of reconstructed house in Kabul old city
22. Various shots of children playing in playing ground
LEAD IN :
Afghanistan's turbulent history and regular earthquakes, means that many historic buildings have long been left in ruin.
Intricate, 19th-century homes survived Afghanistan's bloody civil war in the 1990q, and earlier plans to raze them to build apartment blocks.
Now, after six years of relative peace in the capital, and with several million dollars from foreign donors, the mud and timber homes are being restored to their former splendour.
Forgotten back streets have been cleared of heaps of rubbish that was piled so high that people could step over tall courtyard walls.
The work has instilled a newfound pride among the mostly working-class residents of the old city, who otherwise might have preferred modern, concrete homes.
STORYLINE:
Tucked away in the narrow alleys of the old city in the war-torn Afghan capital are some hidden architectural gems.
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