{"product_id":"thefinesthotelinkabul","title":"The Finest Hotel in Kabul","description":"\u003ch4\u003eLyse Doucet | Paperback | September 2025\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-5e50dbe2=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book__description__other-contributors copy\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A book brimming with deep insight, courage and conscience. Astonishingly beautiful, subtle and simply unforgettable.' Elif Shafak\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Ingenious' KAMILA SHAMSIE\u003cbr\u003e'Incredible' PETER FRANKOPAN\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful' RORY STEWART\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghanistan’s hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLyse Doucet first checked into the Inter-Continental on Christmas Eve 1988. In the decades since, she has witnessed a Soviet evacuation, a devastating civil war, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban, all from within its increasingly battered walls. The Inter-Con has never closed its doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, she weaves together the experiences of the Afghans who have kept the hotel running to craft a richly immersive history of their country. It is the story of Hazrat, the septuagenarian housekeeper, of Abida, who became the first female chef after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. And of Malalai and Sadeq, the twenty-somethings who seized every opportunity offered by two decades of fragile democracy – only to see the Taliban come roaring back in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these intimate portraits of Afghan life, the story of a hotel becomes the story of a people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e---------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLYSE DOUCET\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Canadian journalist and the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent. In the course of a career spanning four decades, she has reported from countries around the world and was based as a correspondent in Jerusalem, Amman, Islamabad, Kabul, and Abidjan. She has played a leading role in the BBC’s coverage of major events including the recent Iran-Israel war, the Gaza war, the Arab Spring, and the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. She received an OBE in the Queen’s Honours list in 2014, and was admitted to the Order of Canada in 2019. She has received many awards, including most recently the 2024 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the University of Arizona and the 2019 Trailblazer Award from Georgetown University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50949527568551,"sku":null,"price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/TheFinestHotelinKabul.jpg?v=1783570377","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/products\/thefinesthotelinkabul","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}