Dorani describes Kabul, and Afghanistan more broadly, as a melting pot of different ethnicities and religious factions that exist in the region. Throughout the book, Dorani effectively reveals this resentment against non-Muslim foreign powers in Afghanistan, most specifically the Soviet Union and the United States. Early in the book, Ahmad describes his neighborhood. One of the book’s positive examples of Afghanistan’s pro-American faction rests in one of its main characters, Dorani’s heroic Frishta, “the lone leopard.” Frishta becomes Ahmad’s love interest, and is fervently pro-women’s rights. The Lone Leopard is Dorani’s second book and first novel, and it follows the release of his historical analysis, America in Afghanistan.

Source: The Guardian February 15, 2023 17:14 UTC