Atiq Rahimi’s Novel ‘I Am Kabuliwala’ Released in France

Afghan-French author Atiq Rahimi releases a Paris novel revisiting Kabuliwala, blending exile, cinema, and survival through encounters reshaping despair into hope today.

Rahimi’s new French-language novel reimagines the Kabuliwala story through a filmmaker who travels to Kolkata hoping to shoot a film adaptation.

Production collapses after disputes with producers and mounting obstacles, leaving the protagonist emotionally exhausted and struggling with separation from his family in France.