Jamil Jan Kochai, author portrait
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Jamil Jan Kochai

Jamil Jan Kochai is the author of 99 Nights in Logar, a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. He was born in an Afghan refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan, but he originally hails from Logar, Afghanistan. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and The Best American Short Stories. Currently, he is a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University.
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
99 Nights in Logar

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The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
99 Nights in Logar

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