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SOME TIME TO SMILE (BOOK)
Louisa Menke & Kenny Reed

Published by Vanderbooks, 2015, edition 1/500

                             
In 2009, I co-starred in a documentary about Skateistan, Afghanistan’s first skateboarding school.
Four professional skateboarders were invited: Americans Kenny Reed and Cairo Foster, Syrian-born, Dubai-based Maysam Faraj, and myself.

We visited twice — in June and again in October. The experience deeply affected me, and I felt the need to give something back.

This book features photographs by Kenny and me, an introduction by journalist Derek Henry Flood, an Afghan translation by Mariam Stanekzai, and reflections from all four of us — along with contributions from Oliver Percovich, Noorzai, Murza, and Fazila.