Delusions of Paradise
Escaping the Life of a Taliban Fighter
$32.40
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
18 June 2026
Summary
When Maiwand Banayee was 16, he wanted to become a suicide bomber for the Taliban. In this inspiring tale of survival and self-discovery, the reader will follow Maiwand’s journey down a dark path and his ultimate redemption.
Growing up in Kabul amid the Afghan wars, he witnessed atrocities that no child should ever see - rotting corpses, starving families, a neighbourhood torn apart. He escaped to a refugee camp in Pakistan, where religious militants began the gradual grooming of Maiw…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837731916 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837731918 |
| Author: | Maiwand Banayee |
| Publisher: | Icon Books |
| Imprint: | Icon Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 18 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Maiwand Banayee
Maiwand Banayee was born in Kabul at the onset of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. By the time he was twelve the country was engulfed in civil war and he fled to a refugee camp, where he enrolled in a madrassa and joined the Taliban. At 22 he rejected Islamic extremism and sought asylum in the UK, eventually living in Ireland before returning to England. He has been published in Stinging Fly and War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. This is his first book.
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