Publications about Wakhan & Wakhi people

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Heaven and hell"I had dreamed of seeing the Wakhan Corridor ever since I was a little kid, growing up in Hunza valley, in northern Pakistan," writes Gohar Abbas, a journalist based in Islamabad. "My father and grandfather would tell me: 'it is where we come from,' and my imagination would fly to the narrow valley jutting out of Afghanistan’s northeastern edge." Here is his story of he he finally made it to one of the most remote places on the planet, and what he found there.

Wakhi people and Pamir life ex-librisIn this Ex-Libris are some selected readings about history, traditions, religion, way of life and geographical locations of Wakhi people…

How past and present religions built a tradition palimpsest in a high valley of northern PakistanChapursan Valley between Hindu Kush, Pamir and Karakoram ranges is mostly inhabited by Wakhi people, a small minority living in China and…

Portraits, Wakhi in relation with other people of their areasThe origin of the less than 100,000 Wakhi people is Wakhan corridor from where they emigrated but also where they, sometimes, partly came…

The Great Game: Anglo-Russian encounter at the borders of Pamir, Hindu Kush and KarakoramThe last act of the “Great Game” or “Большая Игра” (Bolshaya Igra), was played where the Tsarist Empire, the British Empire and the…

Wakhi mountain houses of Zoodkhun in Chapursan Valley, northern PakistanEven though it experiences a, sometimes temporary, exodus to the big cities of southern Pakistan, Zoodkhun Village (also spelled…

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