Welcome to the new Interlit Foundation website!

InterLit Foundation, is a private, non-governmental educational foundation seeking to serve the peoples of the Middle East and Asia through research, publishing and educational programs for international development, with a particular focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.

Our principal aims include efforts to promote, develop and preserve regional and national languages, and to stimulate interest in the oral and classical literature of the area. InterLit is working together with national educational institutions to facilitate and promote cultural and linguistic research, and to translate and publish selected literature into English and other international languages.

In Pakistan, the InterLit Foundation has sought to open up the Frontier to visitors and scholars alike. We have produced tourist maps to such places as the famous Khyber Pass and Peshawar's scenic Old City, and a wonderful guide to the history of Peshawar by Amjad Hussain. We have worked alongside the Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar, to produce the 2nd edition of Rohi Mataluna: Pashto Proverbs a book of 1,350 local proverbs and are currently working on Rohi Sandary, a selection of several hundred Pashto folk poems. Being prepared for publication are language learning materials including An Introduction to Pukhto and Pukhto Verb Tables for serious language learners, and a Pashto Phrasebook for short term workers and visitors.

Since 2001, many hundreds of expatriate workers have come to Afghanistan to assist in the reconstruction of that country. A great many of these volunteers have used Conversational Dari by Eugene Glassman or Speaking Afghan Pashto by Randall Olson in order to learn language and Enjoy Afghanistan for cultural tips. NGOs have taught adult literacy in Dari through a basic primer and set of easy readers especially written for Afghans. Medical workers are using Pocket Medical Dari and the Eye Nursing Manual. All of these materials (and many others) have been prepared and published by the InterLit Foundation.

Much of our work is funded by donations, as sales raise only a small portion of the amount needed to go on producing materials for this region of the world.

Important Ordering & Shipping Information
Orders are shipped out once a week, usually on Friday or Saturday. Materials are usally shipped by priority mail and arrive in 3 to 5 days within the USA; international shipping takes longer. If you need books or CDs urgently, please send an e-mail before ordering through Paypal and we will respond with your options for a quicker service.

E-Mail Note: We respond to all e-mails within 2 business days. If you haven't had a reply from us or if you need a response sooner, you may phone 603-823-8000 and leave a message at this place of business for someone to call you back. The number you are calling is at Harman's Cheese & Country Store. You may also request assistance by e-mailing usabooks@interlitfoundation.org.

Questions? Please email us!!!