Bookseller of Kabul seeks a new chapter in the UK
Jul 15, 2022
2 minutes
By Diane Taylor
He was made famous by international bestseller The Bookseller of Kabul, and survived a succession of repressive regimes in Afghanistan. But two decades later he is living in a Home Office hotel in London, having fled the Taliban to claim asylum.
Shah Muhammad Rais, 69, arrived in the UK last September and claimed asylum at the airport. He
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