{"product_id":"kabul-goes-pop-waleed-akhtar-9781839040931","title":"Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfghanistan. It's 2004. Farook and Samia broadcast live every day to the whole of Kabul, delivering ninety minutes of musical bliss: Britney, Backstreet Boys and Enrique Iglesias. But when their show starts to make waves, the two young friends must take on repressive forces to build a new Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the true story of Afghanistan's first youth music programme, Waleed Akhtar's play \u003cem\u003eKabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan\u003c\/em\u003e explores a world following the US invasion that is complex, contradictory and shocking - all to a soundtrack of early noughties' pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe play premiered at Brixton House, London, in 2022, directed by Anna Himali Howard, before touring the UK. It was presented with HighTide, in association with Mercury Theatre Colchester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Waleed Akhtar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839040939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839040931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Hern Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Waleed Akhtar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080728408319,"sku":"9781839040931","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c20387f9-e5a6-4ee1-901e-371cecafcbbb.jpg?v=1685488484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kabul-goes-pop-waleed-akhtar-9781839040931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}