{"product_id":"radio-free-afghanistan-saad-mohseni-9780008653958","title":"Radio Free Afghanistan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn FT Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps the best of the memoirs of Afghanistan so far published\" — FT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Saad Mohseni is one of the most remarkable figures in modern Afghanistan – brave, entrepreneurial, with a knack for imagining the impossible – he transformed the Afghan media landscape and brought serious news, and exceptional entertainment to millions in the most testing circumstances imaginable\" — Rory Stewart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe deeply moving and surprising story of the attempt to build a truly independent media company in contemporary Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaad Mohseni, chairman and CEO of Moby Group, Afghanistan's largest media company, charts a twenty-year effort to bring a free press to his country after years of Taliban rule, and how that effort persists even after the Taliban's return to power in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the heady early days of the American occupation, Mohseni returns to Kabul which he had last seen as a child before the Soviet invasion. Casting about for ways to be involved in the dawn of a new Afghanistan, Mohseni makes what seems like a quixotic decision to leave the comforts of a career in international banking to start a Kabul radio station with his three siblings. This unlikely venture quickly blossoms into a burgeoning television empire, bringing Mohseni and his family and employees into sometimes uncomfortable contact with everyone who has a stake in the country – from the government of Hamid Karzai to White House officials. Moreover, their radio and television networks soon become a necessary beacon for millions of Afghans, who rely on them not just for independent news but for joyful pleasures like soap operas and Afghan Star, a beloved national singing competition in a country whose previous rulers had banned (and would again ban) music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMohseni's position at Moby affords him unique insights into this extraordinary yet troubled country, the youngest in the world outside of Sub-Saharan Africa, and his powerful account captures the spirit and resilience of the Afghan people – notably the hundreds of men and women still working in Moby's Kabul office today, who, once again under Taliban rule, create programs, report the news, and educate the public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRadio Free Afghanistan is a stunning, vibrant portrait of a nation in turmoil, poised between despair and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52449134346528,"sku":"9780008653958","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780008653958_3099730.jpg?v=1792907863","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/radio-free-afghanistan-saad-mohseni-9780008653958","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}