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• Hard Damage

  Aber, Aria

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  Raised in Germany, poet Aria Aber is the child of Afghan refugees. In this prize-winning debut collection, she "explores the historical and personal implications of Afghan American relations. . . for her family and the world at large." --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Games Without Rules

  the Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan

  Ansary, Mir Tamim

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  "Ansary, an Afghan-born US citizen . . offers an illuminating history of the country, providing not only a chronology but a deep cultural analysis that allows outsiders a comprehensive picture of Afghan mores and practices." -- Publisher's Weekly

• The Breadwinner

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  Directed by Nora Twomey, and produced by Angelina Jolie, this animated film is based on the children's book by Deborah Ellis about a young girl, Parvana, who disguises herself as a boy to try to help her family in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

• Directorate S

  the C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

  Coll, Steve

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  Pulitzer-Prize winning author Steve Coll’s vital history of the U.S. war in Afghanistan focuses on Directorate S, a department of Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence and its relationship with the C.I.A.

• The Wrong Enemy

  America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014

  Gall, Carlotta

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  New York Times journalist and Pulitzer-Prize winner (for her coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan) Carlotta Gall presents evidence that shows Pakistan helped both the Taliban and Osama bin Laden in the years after 9/11.

• No Good Men Among the Living

  America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes

  Gopal, Anand, 1980-

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  "A haunting ethnography of Afghanistan after the American invasion, journalist Gopal's nonfiction debut tells the stories of three individuals to create a picture of the situation in Afghanistan." -- Publishers Weekly

• A House Without Windows

  Hashimi, Nadia

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  "In her third novel, following When the Moon Is Low and The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, best-selling author Hashimi delivers another moving portrayal of life in contemporary Afghanistan." -- Library Journal

• A Thousand Splendid Suns

  Hosseini, Khaled

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  This New York Times bestseller by the author of The Kite Runner weaves 30+ years of Afghan history into a “startling story of domestic adversaries who discover that survival in a horrific world is nearly impossible without compassion, love and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am the Beggar of the World

  Landays From Contemporary Afghanistan

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  Prize-winning American Journalist and poet Eliza Griswold collected and translated from Pashto this volume of landays, "a two-line folk poem invented and shared by Afghan women, an old form still very much alive." -- Library Journal

• Kandahar

  Journey Into the Heart of Afghanistan

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  Directed by Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, this 2001 film about life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule won him the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

• The Longest War

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  “If you’re looking for some old-fashioned nonpartisan outrage, where anger or sadness isn’t dependent on political leanings or party affiliation, you can find it in ‘The Longest War,’ the sobering Afghanistan documentary by Greg Barker…The film is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The American War in Afghanistan

  a History

  Malkasian, Carter, 1975-

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  In this “…rigorous, blow-by-blow chronicle of the U.S. war in Afghanistan…” Malkasian synthesizes “…a vast array of literature from both sides of the conflict…” offering “…a refreshingly nuanced and well-informed perspective.” —Publisher’s Weekly

• Dancing in the Mosque

  An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son

  Qādirī, Ḥumayrā, 1979 or 1980-

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  "Dancing in the Mosque is the story of Qaderi and the women of Afghanistan, penned as a love letter to the son that was taken from her after her husband divorced her." -- Library Journal

• Syngué sabour, pierre de patience

  The patience stone

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  Based on the novel of the same name and directed by its author, this 2012 film portrays the inner life of a young Afghan woman caring for her older husband, who is in an unresponsive state.

• Taliban Takeover

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  From PBS’ Frontline, correspondent Najibullah Quraishi looks at Afghanistan as the Taliban retake control in 2021.

• The Afghanistan Papers

  a Secret History of the War

  Whitlock, Craig

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  In what Publishers Weekly describes as a “searing chronicle”, Washington Post investigative journalist Craig Whitlock “…paints a devastating portrait of how public messaging about the conflict consistently belied the reality on the ground…this is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seattle Rep's SELLING KABUL website

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  Taroon once served as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. After the Americans have withdrawn, their promises of protection and safety are no longer there. He now spends his days in hiding from growing presence of the Taliban as he…Read moreRead more of this annotation