{"title":"Bashir Sakhawarz","description":"\u003cp\u003eBashir Sakhawarz's works offer a compelling blend of personal narrative and insightful exploration, inviting readers to engage with stories that illuminate the resilience of the human spirit. His writing often intersects with themes of conflict, survival, and the profound forces shaping our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the broad realm of \u003cem\u003eScience \u0026amp; Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, his books provide thoughtful reflections on the environment and society, encouraging a deeper understanding of the challenges and triumphs that define contemporary life. Readers can expect evocative storytelling that bridges individual experience with wider natural and social phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"escape-from-the-taliban-by-bashir-sakhawarz-9781399042406","title":"Escape from the Taliban","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeba first left Afghanistan in 2002, fleeing a war-torn country and an abusive husband shortly after she was captured by the Taliban and nearly sold to an Arab Shaikh, narrowly escaping due to a small twist of fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn June 2021, Deeba returned to visit family in Kabul to organise the engagement of her son. Regardless of the Taliban's progress, she felt safe to travel after reassurances from the Afghan and US Governments that the Taliban would not be able to take major cities. One morning, to her surprise, she awoke to the news that President Ghani had escaped and Kabul was in the hands of the Taliban. What ensued was a desperate rush to leave the city to return to the USA, enduring bomb blasts and crushing crowds at the airport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a harrowing account of one woman caught in the US withdrawal of Kabul, giving a first-hand account of what it was like to be a civilian caught up in the chaos as well as giving an invaluable insight into the life of a woman in Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEscape from the Taliban\u003c\/em\u003e by Bashir Sakhawarz includes 15 colour illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bashir is an award-winning poet and novelist. Since his first poetry collection was awarded first prize for New Poetry by the Afghan Writers' Association in 1978, he has published seven books in Persian and English. His latest novel, \u003cem\u003eMaagir The Snake Charmer\u003c\/em\u003e, was entered for the Man Asian Literary Prize by the publisher and was long-listed for the 2013 Economist Crossword Book Award. Other works have been published in the \u003cem\u003eProceedings of the Ninth Conference of the European Society for Central Asia\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010), \u003cem\u003eImages of Afghanistan\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2010), \u003cem\u003eLanguage for a New Century\u003c\/em\u003e (W.W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, 2008), \u003cem\u003eEnglish Pen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsian Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCha Literary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEast of the Web\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLitro\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the winner of the 2015 Geneva Writers Group Literary Award for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47900349464812,"sku":"9781399042406","price":79.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399042406-escape-from-the-taliban.jpg?v=1783401948"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/bashir-sakhawarz.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}