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Books for rebuilding

Books by Atta Arghandiwal.

Choose the book that meets your moment: memory, responsibility, family stability, or the forthcoming Age of AI guide.

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The Self-Sufficient Global Citizen

Atta Arghandiwal

A self-sufficiency guide for families and communities starting fresh.

A guidebook for responsible refugees and migrants to become self-sufficient global citizens starting fresh in the Western world.

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Immigrant Success Planning

Atta Arghandiwal with Eileen Figure Sandlin

A planning resource for immigrant families and support organizations.

A structured family tool for documents, work, citizenship, and daily stability.

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Reader Responses

What readers take from Lost Decency.

The reviews Atta shared return to the same strengths: Afghan history from the inside, the dignity of ordinary people, and the resilience required to rebuild after exile.

On-the-ground history

Readers value the ground-level view of Afghanistan from the 1950s through the 1980s, including the years that shaped the modern country.

Verified reader review, Dec. 27, 2012
Resilience in exile

Readers return to the dignity, hardship, and determination of ordinary Afghans whose dreams were interrupted by turmoil and exile.

Reader review, Dec. 28, 2024
Glimpse for Western eyes

The memoir gives readers outside Afghanistan a human view of family, hope, and everyday life behind the headlines.

Reader review, Jun. 9, 2013
Hard to put down

Readers describe the account as informative, absorbing, and told from a perspective rarely found in media coverage.

Reader review, Aug. 7, 2018
Survival through invasion

One response highlights the force of a firsthand account of survival through the Russian invasion, flight, and exile.

Reader review, Dec. 14, 2014
A personal history

Readers connect with the childhood memories, political history, refugee chapters, and search for belonging.

Reader review, Apr. 11, 2013

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The Self-Sufficient Immigrant in the Age of AI

Atta Arghandiwal & Sohrab Rasouli

A field manual for the work of standing again.

The definitive map for the modern immigrant journey, bridging lived experience with AI-era tools for language, career, culture, and rebuilding after upheaval.

Why read this

Read this if you want a practical path for using AI-era tools while protecting judgment, dignity, agency, and family stability.

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Newcomers, rebuilding families, mentors, sponsors, universities, and programs helping people move from survival to structure.

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The AI Navigator

Turn technology into your most powerful tool for language, career, and cultural mastery.

The Stability Triangle

Move from the shock of arrival to the dignity of self-sufficiency.

Ownership & Agency

Reclaim your future by taking responsibility for the life you build.

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Authors: Atta Arghandiwal & Sohrab Rasouli

Status: Launch details coming soon

Cover art: Mahzad Kazemzadeh

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Lost Decency: The Gilded Cages and the Search for Home

Atta Arghandiwal

Afghanistan, exile, and the search for home.

More than a historical account, this is a searing memoir of exile, the search for home, and the triumph of dignity over displacement.

Why read this

Read this for the human foundation of Atta's work: Afghanistan, exile, leadership failure, moral memory, and the responsibility to remember what displacement costs.

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Readers, journalists, diaspora families, classrooms, and book clubs.

Inside the book
The Gilded Cage

A look at a society that could appear stable while its foundations were already under pressure.

The Palace Insider's Account

A personal view of the forces that reshaped Afghanistan from the inside.

The Weight of the Refugee

A human account of what is lost, carried, and rebuilt after displacement.

The Doha Betrayal

A later reckoning with promises, power, and the cost paid by ordinary people.

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Paperback: ISBN 9780997887099

Digital edition: ISBN 9798235460041

Publisher: Ketaab Press Publishing

Edition: Current edition

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The Self-Sufficient Global Citizen

Atta Arghandiwal

A self-sufficiency guide for families and communities starting fresh.

A guidebook for responsible refugees and migrants to become self-sufficient global citizens starting fresh in the Western world.

Why read this

Read this if your family or community needs a broad roadmap for work, citizenship, responsibility, and rebuilding with structure.

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Immigrant families, community leaders, mentors, sponsors, and programs.

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Paperback: Attamoves, 2017 - ISBN 9780997887020 - 414 pages

Ebook: ISBN 9780997887037

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Immigrant Success Planning

Atta Arghandiwal with Eileen Figure Sandlin

A planning resource for immigrant families and support organizations.

A structured family tool for documents, work, citizenship, and daily stability.

Why read this

This book turns Atta's mission into a family planning tool: documents, work, citizenship, responsibility, and daily structure.

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Families, sponsors, case workers, libraries, and immigrant-serving groups.

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2016 paperback: Attamoves - ISBN 9780997887013 - 378 pages

2016 ebook: ISBN 9780997887051

2014 edition: Influence Publishing - ISBN 9781771410236 - 370 pages

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Legacy edition

Lost Decency: The Untold Afghan Story

Atta Arghandiwal

Atta's award-winning memoir and the journey through memory, displacement, and dignity.

Lost Decency shares Atta's and Afghanistan's turbulent journey through memory, displacement, and the search for dignity after rupture.

Why read this

Read this edition to understand the original memoir path that first introduced Atta's story of Afghanistan, exile, dignity, and home.

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Readers who already know the original title, collectors, libraries, and biography researchers.

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Book details

2016 edition: Attamoves paperback - ISBN 9780997887006 - 298 pages

2012 edition: ISBN 9780615557588 - 296 pages

Ebook: ISBN 9780997887044

Recognition: 2012 Foreword INDIES finalist