Skateistan | The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan

Book available in the US

The book is finally available in the US! Go to Amazon now to order. All profits go to Skateistan.
If you're in the EU, you can order it online here at Amazon UK.

Book Release – London

Join us for our UK release party and exhibition, where you'll be able to buy the book for 40€ or 30 GBP.

Thursday July 26th, 7-10pm
7pm - Doors open
8pm - Welcome and Introduction by Oliver Percovich, Founder of Skateistan
8:30pm - Q & A

This is the first chance in the UK to get your hands on our book! It's also one day after the Beyond Sport Awards, in which Skateistan is shortlisted for the "Sport for Social Inclusion" award. We'd love to invite any other Beyond Sport attendees to join us at this exciting event.

Location:
TCOLondon 71a Leonard St, EC2A 4QS London, United Kingdom

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Book Sponsored by: The Kindle Project and the Danish Embassy in Kabul.

Book designed by Alexandra Bald and Ana Lessing of C-D-A-P.

Book Release – Berlin

Release party and exhibition, where you'll be able to buy the book for 40€

Saturday June 9th
6pm - Doors open
7pm - Welcome and Introduction by Oliver Percovich, Founder of Skateistan
8pm - Q & A
Followed by party with artists including: CALLALOO, WYNTON KELLY STEVENSON, SEBASTIAN SHORM, GHOSTFADER, and TAMAN...

Also, for all you soccer kids, we'll have Germany vs. Portugal on the big screen too!

Sunday 10th June
Exhibition open from 2pm - 7pm

DAZ (Deutsches Architektur Zentrum)
Köpenickerstraße 48/49
10179 Berlin

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Book Sponsored by: The Kindle Project and the Danish Embassy in Kabul.

Special thanks to: DAZ, Deine Stadt Klebt, EASY DOES IT, HVD Fonts, iriedaily, Lemonaid, urbanears, and the fine line.

The exhibition is curated and organized by C-D-A-P.

About the Book

Edited by Jim Fitzpatrick
Guest contributors: Craig Stecyk, Stacy Peralta, Kenny Reed, Cairo Foster, Maysam Faraj, Nancy Dupree

Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan shares the strange and beautiful intersection of traditional Afghan society and a new generation of Afghan skateboarders and artists. It features the innovative Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) 'Skateistan', which since 2007 has taught skateboarding and creative arts to girls and boys in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Skateistan's opening of the country's first skatepark – and focus on working with Afghan girls and streetworking youth – has been covered by major media outlets worldwide, including CNN, BBC, Al-Jazeera, and the New York Times. Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan is the very first book about the subject and gives a rare, in-depth look into the lives of exceptional young Afghans facing incredible challenges in a city that is torn by war, but also full of life.

This 320-page color book features stunning, previously unpublished photographs accompanied by essays, interviews and personal stories from Skateistan's founder Oliver Percovich and the young Afghans that have gone from being students to teachers in the skatepark and classrooms. Full of hope, beauty, gritty honesty – and skateboards! – this is a story about Afghanistan that you won’t find anywhere else.

Book Sponsored by: The Kindle Project and the Danish Embassy in Kabul.

The book was designed by Skateistan's Art Directors Alexandra Bald and Ana Lessing who are part of the C-D-A-P collective based in Berlin, Germany.

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We're happy to announce that the book is now available worldwide. If you are from a country that's not listed below, please order the book on Amazon.com or from Amazon.co.uk (within Europe).