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  • Location: Kabul

The Kabul Beauty School

2002: Deborah Rodriguez worked as a hairdresser and beautician in  Michigan before travelling to Afghanistan after September 11th to help reestablish the ‘beauty schools ‘that…

  • Location: India, Afghanistan, Pakistan

The Far Pavillions

1870s: M M Kaye takes to an India that you are unlikely to forget. A British man struggles with his identity once he finds out…

  • Location: Kabul

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

Early 2000s: Deborah Rodriguez left America for Afghanistan in 2002 – she sets up a beauty school and co-owned a coffee house there. Her novels…

  • Location: Kabul

Born Under a Million Shadows

Early 2000s: This is the book which will introduce you to the beauty and innocence of Afghanistan

  • Location: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Jerusalem

The Road to Oxiana

1933 – Read this to travel and access an area now largely inaccessible to Western travellers. Access all areas! Known as the travel book of the…

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Speak to Me of Home

1998 – 2023: What does it mean to belong?

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