Qais Akbar Omar (whose first name is pronounced “Kice”) manages his family’s carpet business in Kabul and writes books. In 2007, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado. He has studied business at Brandeis University and is currently pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Boston University. Omar has lectured on Afghan carpets in Afghanistan, Europe, and the United States. He is the co-author, with Stephen Landrigan, of SHAKESPEARE IN KABUL.

Books by Qais Akbar Omar

A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story

by Qais Akbar Omar

This stunning coming-of-age memoir set in Afghanistan reveals the richness and suffering of life in a country whose history has become deeply entwined with our own.