History Professor Nenagh Brown discusses the geographical divisions of Afghanistan during a lecture on Multicultural day.

Afghanistan is a resourceful, diverse place that is divided ethnically, and geographically, which makes it a very interesting topic for the event.

Brown spent a lot of time in Afghanistan, and was extremely passionate about the culture and the people. Afghanistan, said Brown, is the most wonderful place she has ever been.

Everywhere you go in Afghanistan there are mountains at high altitudes, rivers, and mostly desert land, which makes communication during winter seasons extremely difficult.  The people who live in these regions of the world live off of the land, and migrate to different parts of the country during seasonal changes.

There are many resources that are protected by the environment which are very hard to obtain. Some of the most valuable resources that reside in the mountains include green emeralds, copper, rubies, limestone, and other desirable sediment that are found within the soils and makes Afghanistan shine.  Brown showed photos that presented the natural beauty of Afghanistan, pictures that are rarely shown on television.

  Afghanistan, according to Brown, is a land full of diversity, that isn’t exactly a community, but rather a land of geographic differences that bring the sub cultures together by means of traveling.

 “It’s like nothing I have ever seen, so different, magical, and it exciting it confused me by the division, and everything else follows naturally,” said Brown. “One thing everyone there has in common is the desire to travel to get somewhere else.”

The discussion also touched basis on the different tribes and religions within the country that are important to know before understanding life in Afghanistan.

Royce Bacon, a Moorpark College student, majoring in electrical engineering, who also served in the United States Navy in Afghanistan, says they undergo a long stretch of training before deploying.

“We are taught to respect the Afghanistan people, and to not boss around them,” said bacon. “Before deployment we learn how to get to the hearts and minds of the individual.”

Professor Brown spent a lot of time giving the listeners a view into the peoples life in Afghanistan and the life code of honor and reciprocation of personal honor that is represented there.