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Author:

Omar, Qais Akbar.

Title:

A fort of nine towers : an Afghan family story / Qais Akbar Omar.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

viii, 396 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Omar, Qais Akbar.
Afghanistan--Social conditions--20th century.
Afghanistan--Biography.
Kabul (Afghanistan)--Biography.

Summary:

A carpet designer in Kabul describes his childhood before the Mujahedin took over, his family's struggle for survival after fleeing their home and how his secret carpet factory provided both employment and education for neighborhood girls.

ISBN:

0374157642 (hc.)
9780374157647 (hc.)

LCCN:

2012034566

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