Why a Booktrail?
What do the children dream of in a war torn country?
Afghan Dreams
What you need to know before your trail
Tony O’Brien is a photo journalist who has been to Afghanistan many times in his work for major publications such as Time and Life. Here, he and his brother-in-law, Mike Sullivan, interview children of all ages about their lives, their fears and their dreams. The children’s voices and their images are haunting, illuminating and make for compulsive and compulsory reading.
Travel Guide
Afghanistan
Tony O’Brien and Mike Sullivan went to war-ravaged Afghanistan to talk to the children and to ask them, if like Aladdin, they had three wishes, what would they wish for.
Some said they would fly, others wanted to play more freely whilst others sadly said that they were used to war and knew nothing else. Life surviving war is all they know especially in the city of Kabul. Many of them however want to learn and dream of a better future.
These children are the future of the country we know today.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Afghan Dreams
Author/Guide: Tony O’Brien Destination: Afghanistan
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