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

Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal exploration of Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides and beyond. Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns calls Opium Nation “an insightful and informative look at the global challenge of Afghan drug trade. Fariba Nawa weaves her personal story of reconnecting with her homeland after 9/11 with a very engaging narrative that chronicles Afghanistan's dangerous descent into opium trafficking...and most revealingly, how the drug trade has damaged the lives of ordinary Afghan people.” Readers of Gayle Lemmon Tzemach's The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and Rory Stewart's The Places Between will find Nawa's personal, piercing, journalistic tale to be an indispensable addition to the cultural criticism covering this dire global crisis. Nawa deftly sketches the geopolitical nightmare that is todays Afghanistan, but the books real strength is her detailed, sensitive reporting of individual peoples stories. Boston Globe An Afghan-American journalist offers a revealing look inside a country torn apartfrom corrupt officials to warlords and child brideswhile revisiting her own familys 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 A Thousand 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 Afghanistans dangerous descent into opiumtraffickingand most revealingly, how the drug trade has damaged the lives ofordinary Afghan people. Readers of Gayle Lemmon Tzemachs The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and Rory Stewarts The Places Between will find Nawaspersonal, piercing, journalistic tale to be an indispensable addition to thecultural criticism covering this dire global crisis. In Opium Nation, Nawa Deftly Illuminates The Changes That Have Overtaken Afghanistan After Decades Of Unbroken War. Sharing Remarkable Stories Of Poppy Farmers, Corrupt Officials, Expats, Drug Lords, And Addicts, Including Her Haunting Encounter With A Twelve-year-old Child Bride Who Was Bartered To Pay Off Her Father's Opium Debts, Nawa Offers A Revealing And Provocative Narrative Of A Homecoming More Difficult Than She Ever Imagined As She Courageously Explores Her Own Afghan American Identity And Unveils A Startling Portrait Of A Land In Turmoil.--p. [4] Of Cover. Home After Eighteen Years -- Four Decades Of Unrest -- A Struggle For Coherency -- My Father's Voyage -- Meeting Darya -- A Smuggling Tradition -- The Opium Bride -- Traveling On The Border Of Death -- Where The Poppies Bloom -- The Smiles Of Badakhshan -- My Mother's Kabul -- Women On Both Sides Of The Law -- Adventures In Karte Parwan -- Raids In Takhar -- Uprisings Against Warlords -- The Good Agents -- In Search Of Darya -- Through The Mesh -- Letting Go. Fariba Nawa. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [335]-343) And Index. 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 A__Thousand 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’s__The Dressmaker of Khair Khana__and 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. In Opium Nation, Nawa deftly illuminates the changes that have overtaken Afghanistan after decades of unbroken war. Sharing remarkable stories of poppy farmers, corrupt officials, expats, drug lords, and addicts, including her haunting encounter with a twelve-year-old child bride who was bartered to pay off her father's opium debts, Nawa offers a revealing and provocative narrative of a homecoming more difficult than she ever imagined as she courageously explores her own Afghan American identity and unveils a startling portrait of a land in turmoil."--> zadnja stran ovitka In Opium Nation, Nawa deftly illuminates the changes that have overtaken Afghanistan after decades of unbroken war. Sharing remarkable stories of poppy farmers, corrupt officials, expats, drug lords, and addicts, including her haunting encounter with a twelve-year-old child bride who was bartered to pay off her father's opium debts, Nawa offers a revealing and provocative narrative of a homecoming more difficult than she ever imagined as she courageously explores her own Afghan American identity and unveils a startling portrait of a land in turmoil."--Page 4 of cover Offers a look inside a country torn apart - from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides - while revisiting the author's own family's deep roots to the land.