An extract from My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) has been published in Outlook Magazine India’s 30 Years of Irreverence Double Issue, dedicated to the people that rewrite their stories as an act of resistance, an ode to their existence and identity.
The featured extract follows the night Kabul fell to Taliban control on 15 August 2021. All of the writers were in touch through the night that followed, writing from the city of Kabul itself. This is their collective diary: in it, the women watch schools and offices close, families change and freedoms disappear. The writers share stories of chaos, protest and flight—and of life continuing.
