Radio Free Afghanistan

A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul

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<p><strong>An FT Best Book of the Year</strong></p><p><strong>'Perhaps the best of the memoirs of Afghanistan so far published'</strong>FT</p><p><strong>'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'</strong>RORY STEWART</p><p><strong>The deeply moving and surprising story of the attempt to build a truly independent media company in contemporary Afghanistan.</strong></p><p>Saad 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.</p><p>In 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 <em>Afghan Star</em>, a beloved national singing competition in a country whose previous rulers had banned (and would again ban) music.</p><p>Mohseni's position at Moby affords him unique insights into this extraordinary yet troubled country, the youngest in the world o

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780008653958

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

128 x 198 x 26 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

HarperCollins Publishers