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A fort of nine towers: an Afghan family story

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Author:
Omar, Qais Akbar.
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Pub. Date:
2013.
Language:
English
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A young Afghan man's memoir of his family and country in which the horrors and perils he faced, his imprisonment, and his quiet resistance explore life in a country whose history has become deeply entwined with the United States, but has eluded understanding.
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Afghanistan -- Biography
Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Omar, Qais Akbar
Social conditions
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