So a demand arose for attracting attention of the Russians to the most important part of the Russian cultural heritage in the context of the world cultural traditions, increasing the status of traditional culture in the modern society and establishing a cultural dialogue between different peoples and regions of the world.

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At the same time seeing my family deal with the issues of racism, discrimination, and poverty in a community struggling with drugs and violence and the trying to raise a family in two cultures, our traditional culture and that of society, brought much pain and confusion.

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In that fractured, querulous, society religion and certain aspects of traditional culture (such as female purdah in the Pashtun areas) remain the great touchstones for generating fellow feeling or indeed outrage.

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