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About Kandigol
This is the blog page of Kandigol. I’m a freelance journalist from Amsterdam.

I’ve chosen the pseudonym of Kandigol, because the name was given to me by Afghan friends during my stay in Kabul. Kandigol, which literally means ‘sweet flower’, is the smart and very tough wife of the smart-ass folksy character Meraq. They feature in many Afghan folksy stories and in two or three films. Invariably, Kandigol punches Meraq’s lights out at some point. In this, she reminds me of the Dutch puppetshow character Katrijn, Jan Klaassens equally aggressive wife.

Needless to say, I aspire to be aggressive, smart and tough in this blog.

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