Afghan Fiction Books | Summaries & Audio

Sparks Like Stars

by Nadia Hashimi • 2021

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

4.28

24k+

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt

Sparks Like Stars 91%

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

by Nadia Hashimi 2021

4.28

24k+ ratings

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt

Wanting Mor

by Rukhsana Khan • 2009

An Afghan girl abandoned in Kabul after her mother's death must forge a new life.

3.92

1k+

🇦🇫 Post-War Afghanistan 🏠 Orphanage Found Family 📚 Education As Escape

Wanting Mor 91%

An Afghan girl abandoned in Kabul after her mother's death must forge a new life.

by Rukhsana Khan 2009

3.92

1k+ ratings

🇦🇫 Post-War Afghanistan 🏠 Orphanage Found Family 📚 Education As Escape

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

by Lyse Doucet • 2025

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

4.15

3k+

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

The Finest Hotel in Kabul 91%

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

by Lyse Doucet 2025

4.15

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

When the Moon is Low

by Nadia Hashimi • 2015

A mother flees Taliban Kabul with her children, risking the smuggler's road to Europe.

4.12

17k+

🧳 Refugee Journey 💔 Family Separation 🌱 Forced Maturity

When the Moon is Low 91%

A mother flees Taliban Kabul with her children, risking the smuggler's road to Europe.

by Nadia Hashimi 2015

4.12

17k+ ratings

🧳 Refugee Journey 💔 Family Separation 🌱 Forced Maturity

A House Without Windows

by Nadia Hashimi • 2016

Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.

4.00

16k+

🏔️ Afghan Women 🔗 Prison Sisterhood 🤫 Protective Silence

A House Without Windows 90%

Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.

by Nadia Hashimi 2016

4.00

16k+ ratings

🏔️ Afghan Women 🔗 Prison Sisterhood 🤫 Protective Silence

The Last Warlord

by Brian Glyn Williams • 2013

America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.

4.30

120

🇦🇫 Afghan History 🎖️ Military Biography ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare

The Last Warlord 90%

America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.

by Brian Glyn Williams 2013

4.30

120 ratings

🇦🇫 Afghan History 🎖️ Military Biography ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare

Kabul Beauty School

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

26k+

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

Kabul Beauty School 90%

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2007

3.67

26k+ ratings

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini • 2007

Trapped as co-wives to a brutal man, two Afghan women forge a bond that defies their world.

4.46

1.8M+

👭 Found Sisterhood 💔 Domestic Abuse 🕊️ Maternal Sacrifice

A Thousand Splendid Suns 90%

Trapped as co-wives to a brutal man, two Afghan women forge a bond that defies their world.

by Khaled Hosseini 2007

4.46

1.8M+ ratings

👭 Found Sisterhood 💔 Domestic Abuse 🕊️ Maternal Sacrifice

The Underground Girls of Kabul

by Jenny Nordberg • 2014

Afghan families disguise daughters as sons for survival and status, but puberty calls a halt.

4.11

14k+

🇦🇫 Afghanistan Culture 👦 Son Preference 🚫 Gender Nonconformity

The Underground Girls of Kabul 90%

Afghan families disguise daughters as sons for survival and status, but puberty calls a halt.

by Jenny Nordberg 2014

4.11

14k+ ratings

🇦🇫 Afghanistan Culture 👦 Son Preference 🚫 Gender Nonconformity

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini • 2011

A Kabul betrayal haunts a man into exile, until he must return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

4.45

24k+

🏔️ Afghanistan Setting ⚖️ Ethnic Divide 💔 Childhood Betrayal

The Kite Runner 90%

A Kabul betrayal haunts a man into exile, until he must return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

by Khaled Hosseini 2011

4.45

24k+ ratings

🏔️ Afghanistan Setting ⚖️ Ethnic Divide 💔 Childhood Betrayal

One Half from the East

by Nadia Hashimi • 2016

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

3.98

3k+

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent

One Half from the East 89%

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

by Nadia Hashimi 2016

3.98

3k+ ratings

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent

The Afghanistan Papers

by Craig Whitlock • 2021

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

4.25

7k+

🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy

The Afghanistan Papers 89%

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

by Craig Whitlock 2021

4.25

7k+ ratings

🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy

Prisoners of Hope

by Dayna Curry • 2002

Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.

3.99

2k+

🕊️ Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Captivity Narratives 🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan

Prisoners of Hope 89%

Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.

by Dayna Curry 2002

3.99

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Captivity Narratives 🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan

Pakistan on the Brink

by Ahmed Rashid • 2012

The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.

3.78

910

🏔️ Afghanistan War 🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics 🪖 Counterinsurgency

Pakistan on the Brink 89%

The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.

by Ahmed Rashid 2012

3.78

910 ratings

🏔️ Afghanistan War 🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics 🪖 Counterinsurgency

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini • 2012

A father sells his daughter to a wealthy Kabul couple; the brother left behind never heals.

4.08

408k+

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Sibling Separation 🤫 Secret Adoption

And the Mountains Echoed 89%

A father sells his daughter to a wealthy Kabul couple; the brother left behind never heals.

by Khaled Hosseini 2012

4.08

408k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Sibling Separation 🤫 Secret Adoption

In the Sea There are Crocodiles

by Fabio Geda • 2010

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

4.01

15k+

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

In the Sea There are Crocodiles 89%

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

by Fabio Geda 2010

4.01

15k+ ratings

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

Good People

by Patmeena Sabit • 2026

An Afghan-American millionaire's daughter drowns in a canal. Accident, or did her family kill her?

4.20

29k+

📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Secret Double Life ⚖️ Honor And Shame

Good People 89%

An Afghan-American millionaire's daughter drowns in a canal. Accident, or did her family kill her?

by Patmeena Sabit 2026

4.20

29k+ ratings

📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Secret Double Life ⚖️ Honor And Shame

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini • 2003

One call from Pakistan forces an Afghan-American back to Kabul, where a betrayal still waits.

4.36

3.5M+

🔄 Redemption Arc 💔 Childhood Betrayal 👨‍👦 Father And Son

The Kite Runner 88%

One call from Pakistan forces an Afghan-American back to Kabul, where a betrayal still waits.

by Khaled Hosseini 2003

4.36

3.5M+ ratings

🔄 Redemption Arc 💔 Childhood Betrayal 👨‍👦 Father And Son

The Envoy

by Zalmay Khalilzad • 2016

An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.

3.64

163

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌍 Middle East Politics 📜 Diplomatic Memoir

The Envoy 88%

An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.

by Zalmay Khalilzad 2016

3.64

163 ratings

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌍 Middle East Politics 📜 Diplomatic Memoir

Last to Eat, Last to Learn

by Pashtana Durrani • 2023

Afghanistan's first female tribal chief ran secret tablet schools until the Taliban came for her.

4.38

626

🎓 Girls' Education 🧕 Afghan Women 📚 Conflict-Zone Education

Last to Eat, Last to Learn 88%

Afghanistan's first female tribal chief ran secret tablet schools until the Taliban came for her.

by Pashtana Durrani 2023

4.38

626 ratings

🎓 Girls' Education 🧕 Afghan Women 📚 Conflict-Zone Education

Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed

by Umera Ahmed • 1998

Abandoned by her Pakistani father, a British woman stumbles toward an unlikely redemption in Islam.

3.66

590

🖋️ Urdu Literature 🕌 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Father Abandonment

Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed Summary

Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed 88%

Abandoned by her Pakistani father, a British woman stumbles toward an unlikely redemption in Islam.

by Umera Ahmed 1998

3.66

590 ratings

🖋️ Urdu Literature 🕌 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Father Abandonment

The Apostle

by Brad Thor • 2009

A kidnapped American doctor. Scot Harvath must break a terrorist out of prison to save her.

4.16

21k+

🚑 Hostage Rescue 🕵️ Covert Operations 🇦🇫 Afghanistan War

The Apostle 88%

A kidnapped American doctor. Scot Harvath must break a terrorist out of prison to save her.

by Brad Thor 2009

4.16

21k+ ratings

🚑 Hostage Rescue 🕵️ Covert Operations 🇦🇫 Afghanistan War

Lone Survivor

by Marcus Luttrell • 2006

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

4.34

102k+

🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives

Lone Survivor 88%

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

by Marcus Luttrell 2006

4.34

102k+ ratings

🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

5k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Lipstick Jihad 88%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Afghanistan

by Mohammad Yousaf • 1992

The war that broke the Soviet Union was run from a covert Pakistani camp, not Langley.

3.93

228

🇦🇫 Soviet Afghan War ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Cold War Proxy Wars

Afghanistan 88%

The war that broke the Soviet Union was run from a covert Pakistani camp, not Langley.

by Mohammad Yousaf 1992

3.93

228 ratings

🇦🇫 Soviet Afghan War ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Cold War Proxy Wars

Ground Zero

by Alan Gratz • 2021

A suspended boy follows his father to work at the World Trade Center on September 11.

4.33

27k+

📖 9/11 Fiction 🏔️ War-Torn Afghanistan 👁️ War Through Child'S Eyes

Ground Zero 88%

A suspended boy follows his father to work at the World Trade Center on September 11.

by Alan Gratz 2021

4.33

27k+ ratings

📖 9/11 Fiction 🏔️ War-Torn Afghanistan 👁️ War Through Child'S Eyes

The Teacher of Nomad Land

by Daniel Nayeri • 2025

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

4.15

4k+

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees

The Teacher of Nomad Land 87%

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

by Daniel Nayeri 2025

4.15

4k+ ratings

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees

Danger Music

by Eddie Ayres • 2017

Afghan girls risk death to play cello. Their teacher risks everything to become himself.

4.05

678

🎵 Music Education 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 🎒 Teaching Amid War

Danger Music 87%

Afghan girls risk death to play cello. Their teacher risks everything to become himself.

by Eddie Ayres 2017

4.05

678 ratings

🎵 Music Education 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 🎒 Teaching Amid War

Kurdish Women's Stories

by Houzan Mahmoud • 2021

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

4.40

194

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History

Kurdish Women's Stories 87%

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

by Houzan Mahmoud 2021

4.40

194 ratings

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History

Stones Into Schools

by Greg Mortenson • 2009

What actually defeats the Taliban: girls' schools in places helicopters can't reach.

3.85

17k+

🎓 Girls' Education 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🏥 Humanitarian Work

Stones Into Schools 87%

What actually defeats the Taliban: girls' schools in places helicopters can't reach.

by Greg Mortenson 2009

3.85

17k+ ratings

🎓 Girls' Education 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🏥 Humanitarian Work

By Peter B. Evans - Bringing the State Back In

by Ted Rall • 2002

The War on Terror was never justice; it was a 50-billion-barrel pipeline through Afghanistan.

3.58

170

🛢️ Oil Geopolitics 🇦🇫 Afghan War 💰 War Economy

By Peter B. Evans - Bringing the State Back In Summary

By Peter B. Evans - Bringing the State Back In 87%

The War on Terror was never justice; it was a 50-billion-barrel pipeline through Afghanistan.

by Ted Rall 2002

3.58

170 ratings

🛢️ Oil Geopolitics 🇦🇫 Afghan War 💰 War Economy

Loin des mosquées

by Armel Job • 2012

A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.

3.46

168

📚 Belgian Literature 🛂 Immigrant Narrative ⚖️ Honor Culture

Loin des mosquées 87%

A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.

by Armel Job 2012

3.46

168 ratings

📚 Belgian Literature 🛂 Immigrant Narrative ⚖️ Honor Culture

When the Fireflies Dance

by Aisha Hassan • 2025

Exiled from bonded labor at a Lahore kiln, a boy must steal to free his family.

4.19

4k+

🏚️ Generational Poverty 🏭 Gritty Social Realism 🤝 Found Family

When the Fireflies Dance 87%

Exiled from bonded labor at a Lahore kiln, a boy must steal to free his family.

by Aisha Hassan 2025

4.19

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Generational Poverty 🏭 Gritty Social Realism 🤝 Found Family

Pakistan

by Anatol Lieven • 2011

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

4.12

2k+

🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate

Pakistan 87%

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

by Anatol Lieven 2011

4.12

2k+ ratings

🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate

The Lion Women of Tehran

by Marjan Kamali • 2024

A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.

4.47

238k+

🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution 👭 Childhood Friends 💔 Betrayal

The Lion Women of Tehran 87%

A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.

by Marjan Kamali 2024

4.47

238k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution 👭 Childhood Friends 💔 Betrayal

Ghost Wars

by Steve Coll • 2004

The CIA's Afghan victory armed the men who attacked America on 9/11.

4.32

19k+

🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Intelligence Failures

Ghost Wars 87%

The CIA's Afghan victory armed the men who attacked America on 9/11.

by Steve Coll 2004

4.32

19k+ ratings

🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Intelligence Failures

The Upstairs Wife

by Rafia Zakaria • 2015

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

3.78

1k+

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir

The Upstairs Wife 87%

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

by Rafia Zakaria 2015

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir

Reading Lolita in Tehran

by Azar Nafisi • 2003

Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.

3.66

141k+

🕌 Iranian Memoir 🇮🇷 Women In Iran 📖 Literary Memoir

Reading Lolita in Tehran 87%

Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.

by Azar Nafisi 2003

3.66

141k+ ratings

🕌 Iranian Memoir 🇮🇷 Women In Iran 📖 Literary Memoir

The Great War for Civilisation

by Robert Fisk • 2005

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

4.41

6k+

🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention

The Great War for Civilisation 87%

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

by Robert Fisk 2005

4.41

6k+ ratings

🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention

I Am Malala

by Malala Yousafzai • 2014

A Pakistani schoolgirl's blog angered the Taliban. They answered with a bullet on her school bus.

4.34

37k+

📚 Girls' Education ✊ Youth Activism 🚫 Taliban Oppression

I Am Malala 87%

A Pakistani schoolgirl's blog angered the Taliban. They answered with a bullet on her school bus.

by Malala Yousafzai 2014

4.34

37k+ ratings

📚 Girls' Education ✊ Youth Activism 🚫 Taliban Oppression

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 87%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Persian Girls

by Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

3.92

4k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

Persian Girls 87%

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

by Nahid Rachlin 2006

3.92

4k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

This Is Where the Serpent Lives

by Daniyal Mueenuddin • 2026

An orphan in a Rawalpindi bazaar rises to trusted chauffeur, but belonging stays beyond reach.

3.88

2k+

🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-Generational Saga 🔗 Servant And Master

This Is Where the Serpent Lives 87%

An orphan in a Rawalpindi bazaar rises to trusted chauffeur, but belonging stays beyond reach.

by Daniyal Mueenuddin 2026

3.88

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-Generational Saga 🔗 Servant And Master

Als wir Schwäne waren

by Behzad Karim Khani • 2024

An Iranian boy grows up in a German housing estate where fists speak louder than his parents' hopes.

4.33

1k+

🏙️ Housing Estate Life 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👥 Gang Loyalty And Rivalry

Als wir Schwäne waren 87%

An Iranian boy grows up in a German housing estate where fists speak louder than his parents' hopes.

by Behzad Karim Khani 2024

4.33

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Housing Estate Life 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👥 Gang Loyalty And Rivalry

Everything Sad Is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri • 2020

An Iranian refugee boy tells family legends to an Oklahoma school that sees only an outsider.

4.30

44k+

📦 Refugee Narrative 🌱 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🌍 Iranian Diaspora

Everything Sad Is Untrue 87%

An Iranian refugee boy tells family legends to an Oklahoma school that sees only an outsider.

by Daniel Nayeri 2020

4.30

44k+ ratings

📦 Refugee Narrative 🌱 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🌍 Iranian Diaspora

Iran Awakening

by Shirin Ebadi • 2006

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

4.18

6k+

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism

Iran Awakening 87%

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

by Shirin Ebadi 2006

4.18

6k+ ratings

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism

Imperial Hubris

by Michael Scheuer • 2004

Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.

3.81

2k+

🎯 Counterterrorism ⚔️ Counterinsurgency 🔥 Blowback Politics

Imperial Hubris 87%

Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.

by Michael Scheuer 2004

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎯 Counterterrorism ⚔️ Counterinsurgency 🔥 Blowback Politics

Resistance

by Alastair Crooke • 2009

The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.

4.00

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics ✊ Islamist Resistance

Resistance 87%

The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.

by Alastair Crooke 2009

4.00

36 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics ✊ Islamist Resistance

Hunting the Caliphate

by Wes J. Bryant • 2019

A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.

4.03

165

🎖️ Military Memoir ✈️ Air Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Hunting the Caliphate 87%

A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.

by Wes J. Bryant 2019

4.03

165 ratings

🎖️ Military Memoir ✈️ Air Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Surrender or Starve

by Robert D. Kaplan • 1988

A Marxist regime weaponized famine in Ethiopia. The West's life-saving aid also financed the war.

3.67

474

🌍 Horn Of Africa 🏛️ African Politics 🍂 Political Famine

Surrender or Starve 87%

A Marxist regime weaponized famine in Ethiopia. The West's life-saving aid also financed the war.

by Robert D. Kaplan 1988

3.67

474 ratings

🌍 Horn Of Africa 🏛️ African Politics 🍂 Political Famine

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