Fort of Nine Towers An Afghan Family Story

Name: Fort of Nine Towers An Afghan Family Story
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ISBN: 9780374157647

ISBN-10: 0374157642

ISBN-13: 9780374157647

Edition: 2013

Authors: Qais Akbar Omar

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A young Afghan man’s searing and redemptive memoir of his family and countryTwenty-three years ago, Kabul was a garden where seven-year-old Qais Akbar Omar flew kites from the roof of his grandfather’s house. But then came the hollow sounds of rocket fire as the Mujahedin, self-proclaimed holy warriors, took over Afghanistan. A civil war exploded. Omar’s family fled to an old fort, leaving everything behind. Later, on a perilous trip to check on their home, Omar and his father were kidnapped and forced to labor belowground for weeks. Omar’s father decided that the family must leave the country. They took to the road, camping in caves behind the massive Buddha sculptures of Bamiyan,…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/16/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Maps


Prologue



The Holy Warriors



In the Time Before



Allah-hu-Akbar



The Other Side of the Mountain



To Be a Family Again



The Long Road Home



Under the Earth



Flight



The North



The Garden of Hamza's Father



Inside the Head of Buddha



Borderlands



Teacher



Caravan



In the Time of Shaitan



The Gold



Wakeel



Inferno



The Dog



The Triumph of Madness



A New Kind of Justice



The Prison



A Precious Jewel



The Length of a Hair



The Secret of the Pigeons



University of Taliban



Grandfather



One Knot at a Time



A Change in the Air


Epilogue: A Journey Still


Authors Note


Acknowledgments