The Khaarijee : a chronicle of friendship and war in Kabul / J. Malcolm Garcia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garcia, J. Malcolm, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garcia, J. Malcolm, 1957-.

Garcia, J. Malcolm.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Kabul (Afghanistan)--Description and travel.

Kabul (Afghanistan).

Kabul (Afghanistan)--Social conditions--21st century.

Kabul (Afghanistan)--Social life and customs--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shortly after September 11, J. Malcolm Garcia-a self-described middle-aged, middle-of-the-road midwesterner-arrived in Afghanistan. A former social worker, he had only recently become a reporter and had never covered a war. As for Afghanistan, he barely knew where it was. But during the next seven years of travel between Kansas City and a post-Taliban Afghanistan, Garcia found an emotional and professional center-one that, in spite of other assignments and war reporting, drew him back to the region over and over again. Unlike flyby reporters traveling through the country armed with a sat phone and a ticket for the next flight to Islamabad, Garcia settled into Afghanistan-learning its history, meeting its resilient people, occasionally making dreadful faux pas but ultimately forging lifelong connections.When he first arrived in the country, Garcia met Khalid, a young Afghan he affectionately called Bro, who became his driver, interpreter, and, eventually, his friend. Bro in turn called Garcia thekhaarijee-the outsider. He told Garcia he wasn't responsible for his new friend's life, but at least two times saved it. He instructed Garcia to avoid dogs because they were rabid, then helped him steal a puppy from an organized dog fight. Bro told him to be wary of street children, only to assist him in feeding and educating six homeless, war-orphaned boys. Bro was Sancho Panza to Garcia's Don Quixote, and together they faced the consequences of war, life without the Taliban, and Afghanistan's uncertain future.The Khaarijeetells this story of two strangers, one dog, and six orphans thrust together after 9/11-an intersection of paths that, by all rights, should never have crossed. At a time when Afghanistan is on the brink, Garcia offers a gritty, raw, and unsentimental memoir about friendship, loss, and wanting to make a difference in the midst of a war-torn country, extendingThe Khaarijeebeyond much travel writing and war reportage.

Contents:

Intro

The Khaarijee: A Chronicle of Friendship and War in Kabul

Author's Note

Contents

Preface

Prologue

Part One: Shadows of Home

Chapter One: Points of Entry

Chapter Two: Encountering Afghanistan

Chapter Three: Lay of the Land

Chapter Four: Relief

Chapter Five: Curfew

Chapter Six: A Good Life, Cowboy

Part Two: Maybe the KillingHas Finally Stopped

Chapter Seven: The Man Comes from Outside

Chapter Eight: Drop by Drop

Chapter Nine: For Now You Are Here

Chapter Ten: The Lord's Army

Part Three: Inshallah

Chapter Eleven: Looking for Mr. Big

Chapter Twelve: The Mark of History

Chapter Thirteen: All the Country Will Be Shaking

Epilogue

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8070-0058-2

OCLC:

646822991