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About The Book: A Fort Of Nine Towers With All The Emotional Power Of The Kite Runner, This Is The Very First True Life Account Of Growing Up In Afghanistan, By A Writer Who Still Lives In Kabul. Qais Akbar Omar Was Eleven When A Brutal Civil War Engulfed Kabul. For Qais, It Brought An Abrupt End To A Childhood Filled With Kites And Cousins In His Grandfathers Garden: One About The Book: A Fort Of Nine Towers With All The Emotional Power Of The Kite Runner, This Is The Very First True Life Account Of Growing Up In Afghanistan, By A Writer Who Still Lives In Kabul. Qais Akbar Omar Was Eleven When A Brutal Civil War Engulfed Kabul. For Qais, It Brought An Abrupt End To A Childhood Filled With Kites And Cousins In His Grandfathers Garden: One Of The Most Convulsive Decades In Afghan History Had Begun. Ahead Lay The Rise Of The Taliban, And, In 2001, The Arrival Of International Forces. A Fort Of Nine Towers Is The Story Of Qais, His Family And Their Determination To Survive These Upheavals As They Were Buffeted From One Part Of Afghanistan To The Next. Drawing Strength From Each Other, And Their Culture And Faith, They Sought Refuge For A Time In The Buddha Caves Of Bamyan, And Later With A Caravan Of Kuchi Nomads. When They Eventually Returned To Kabul, It Became Clear That Their Trials Were Just Beginning. About The Author: Qais Akbar Omar Qais Akbar Omar Manages His Familys Carpet Business In Kabul And Writes Books. In 2007, He Was A Visiting Scholar At The University Of Colorado. He Has Studied Business At Brandeis University And Is Currently Pursuing An MFA In Creative Writing At Boston University. Omar Has Lectured On Afghan Carpets In Afghanistan, Europe, And The United States. He Is The Coauthor, With Stephen Landrigan, Of Shakespeare In Kabul.

About The Book: A Fort Of Nine Towers With All The Emotional Power Of The Kite Runner, This Is The Very First True Life Account Of Growing Up In Afghanistan, By A Writer Who Still Lives In Kabul. Qais Akbar Omar Was Eleven When A Brutal Civil War Engulfed Kabul. For Qais, It Brought An Abrupt End To A Childhood Filled With Kites And Cousins In His Grandfathers Garden: One About The Book: A Fort Of Nine Towers With All The Emotional Power Of The Kite Runner, This Is The Very First True Life Account Of Growing Up In Afghanistan,...  Read More