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- Location(s): Kabul, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s/2008
Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved...
- Location(s): Afghanistan
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
Siamak Herawi brings Afghan women centerstage and takes us deep into the heart of his motherland to witness the reality of their lives under the Taliban’s most extreme interpretation of Islam. Based on true stories, the result is a...
- Location(s): Afghanistan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In her international bestseller The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Åsne Seierstad studied life in Afghanistan before and after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Now twenty years later, the Taliban is back in power, and Seierstad...
- Location(s): Kabul
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
‘A remarkable portrait, with deftly woven accounts of weddings and journeys, books and bookselling, relations and squabbles, firmly anchored by pleasing details about food and customs, all set against the backdrop of a derelict city.
- Location(s): Herat, Russia, United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2000
A powerful tale of a family in crisis, and a moving love letter to the NHS Herat, Afghanistan, 2000. A mother speaks out against the fundamentalist leaders of her country. Meanwhile, her family’s watchful eyes never leave their beloved...
- Location(s): Kabul
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Afghanistan: Parvana’s father is arrested and taken away by Taliban soldiers. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own. Parvana, her mother, and sisters are prisoners in their own home. With...
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Central Asia, Europe
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Historical
- Era(s): 1939
In 1939, adventurer and writer Ella Maillart set off on an epic drive from Geneva to Kabul, accompanied by journalist and photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who later became an antifascist and lesbian icon. The two women travelled partly to escape...
- Location(s): Kabul
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When the Taliban took control of Kabul, Kamila Sidiqi and all the women of Kabul saw their lives transformed. Overnight, they were banned from schools and offices and even forbidden from leaving their front doors on their own. The...
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Egypt, France, The Sudan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
A lifetime ago, Fakhreddin had been an idealistic young lawyer, seeking to fight corruption from his modest quarter of Cairo. Then, a botched attempt on his life forced him to flee the country, propelling him on a wild journey...
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Boston
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
For fans of WONDER and REFUGEE BOY – meet Sami, a twelve-year-old refugee from Afghanistan, as he searches for friendship, a place to call home and his grandfather’s most prized possession. Back in Afghanistan, before the Taliban came, Sami’s...
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