Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan

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Fariba Nawa

Opium Nation

Name: Opium Nation
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ISBN: 9780061934704

Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan

Fariba Nawa

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Harper Collins
08 June 2020

Asian history; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Politics & government

“Nawa deftly sketches the geopolitical nightmare that is today’s Afghanistan, but the book’s real strength is her detailed, sensitive reporting of individual people’s stories.” — Boston Globe

An Afghan-American journalist offers a revealing look inside a country torn apart—from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides—while revisiting her own family’s deep roots to the land.

Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal explorationof Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corruptofficials to warlords and child brides and beyond. KhaledHosseini, author of The Kite Runner and AThousand Splendid Suns calls Opium Nation “an insightful andinformative look at the global challenge of Afghan drug trade. Fariba Nawa weaves her personalstory of reconnecting with her homeland after 9/11 with a very engagingnarrative that chronicles Afghanistan’s dangerous descent into opiumtrafficking...and most revealingly, how the drug trade has damaged the lives ofordinary Afghan people.” Readers of Gayle Lemmon Tzemach’sThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanaand Rory Stewart’s The Places Between will find Nawa’spersonal, piercing, journalistic tale to be an indispensable addition to thecultural criticism covering this dire global crisis.

By: Fariba Nawa
Imprint: Harper Collins
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 333g
ISBN: 9780061934704
ISBN 10: 0061934704
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 08 June 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fariba Nawa has written for The San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, The Sunday Times Magazine (London), Newsday, and The Village Voice. She has been a guest on numerous television and radio shows, including NPR, the BBC, MTV, NBC, and CBS's 48 Hours.

Reviews for Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan

Nawa deftly sketches the geopolitical nightmare that is today's Afghanistan, but the book's real strength is her detailed, sensitive reporting of individual people's stories. -- Boston Globe