Afghani Prayer Rug

Now that we are hearing about the return of Taliban attacks in Afghanistan (politics is not a topic of the blog, although media criticism is a possibility - the Taliban activity is still not newsworthy enough for the front page of the Washington Post) - my thoughts turn to these prayer rugs I saw at the Eastern Market in DC last summer.





My USAF service in the '80's was characterized by several Cold War events; the Soviet Afghan War was one of the major ones. So I took a careful look at these rugs, studying the Soviet weapon images of RPGs and AK-47s. I considered buying one for a moment.





Imagine my delight a few weeks ago visiting my sister's family and finding out that my brother-in-law purchased one of these rugs during one of his two deployments to Afghanistan. Here is the very nice example that now decorates the Hawksbill Cabin. Note the pretty blue dye on the map, and all the legends about the weapons and reference to Sept. 11.

Thanks Sean and Nancy!