{"product_id":"radio-free-afghanistan-saad-mohseni-9780008653927","title":"Radio Free Afghanistan","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn FT Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e The deeply moving and surprising story of the attempt to build a truly independent media company in contemporary Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\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\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\n\u003cp\u003eRadio Free Afghanistan is a stunning, vibrant portrait of a nation in turmoil, poised between despair and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saad Mohseni","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46843058389235,"sku":"9780008653927","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780008653927.jpg?v=1743102380","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/radio-free-afghanistan-saad-mohseni-9780008653927","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}