BOOK REVIEW: Where do I Belong? by Shabibi Shah

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Where do I Belong? From Kabul to London – A Refugee’s Life by Shabibi Shah

Shabibi Shah left Afghanistan almost exactly thirty years ago – in March 1983.

The slim book, Where do I Belong?, is about Shabibi Shah’s life in Afghanistan and then as a refugee.

The tale is written with precision and in English, a language Shabibi mastered in her late forties.  She is a published poet in her own language of Dari, and is careful with words.

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Interview with Shabibi Shah Nola – Afghan poet, writer and community leader

Shabibi Shah Nola - Afghan poet, writer and community leader Photo by Georgie Knaggs

Shabibi Shah Nola – Afghan poet, writer and community leader
Photo by Georgie Knaggs

This piece was written for The New Londoners, thanks to the Migrants Resource Centre and the Ruth Hayman Trust, who kindly arranged my interview with Shabibi Shah – Afghan poet, writer and community leader.

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