“When the Taliban fell, two months after the terrorist attack on the
USA, Sultan was one of the first to arrive back in Kabul. At last he could
stock up his shelves with all the books he wanted. The history books with the
black lines and squiggles he could now sell to foreigners as curiosities, and
he could remove the business cards that had been glued over pictures of living
creatures.”
Asne Seierstad, “The Bookseller of Kabul,” 2002
Top and middle: Shah M. Book Co., 2005
Bottom: 2007
(Photos: Jim Chiavelli)
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