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Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Kim Barker
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by Jasmine Aimaq
Published Jan 2022
Read ReviewsJasmine Aimaq's stunning debut explores Afghanistan on the eve of a violent revolution and the far-reaching consequences of a young Kochi girl's tragic death.
by Souad Mekhennet
Published Jun 2018
Read Reviews"I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell phone, audio recorder, watch, and purse at my hotel..."
by Nadia Hashimi
Published Apr 2016
Read ReviewsMahmoud's passion for his wife Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she's ever known. But their happy, middle-class worlda life of education, work, and comfortimplodes when their country is engulfed in war, and the Taliban rises to power.
by David Abrams
Published Sep 2012
Read ReviewsDarkly humorous and based on the author's own experiences in Iraq, Fobbit is a fantastic debut that shows us a behind-the-scenes portrait of the real Iraq war.
by Mohsin Hamid
Published Apr 2008
Read ReviewsChangez is at the top of his class at Princeton, and is snapped up by the elite "valuation" firm of Underwood Samson. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his infatuation with elegant, beautiful Erica. But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned, and his budding relationship with Erica ...
by Dan Fesperman
Published Sep 2005
Read ReviewsA burned-out war correspondent hoping for a last hurrah in Afghanistan arrives on the Afghan border just as American bombs begin falling on the ruling Taliban in this fast-paced, timely, and galvanizing novel.
by Cheryl Benard
Published Apr 2002
Read ReviewsReveals the remarkable
bravery and spirit of the women of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of
Afghanistan (RAWA), whose daring clandestine activities defied the forces of the
Taliban and earned the world's fierce admiration.
by Ahmed Rashid
Published Mar 2001
Read ReviewsThe Taliban is brought into sharp focus in this enormously interesting and revealing book.
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