Prologue

Part one: The Lost World

Villages and Compounds

The Ansary network

Germ of the west

Mortality

American Laskargah

Unintended Consequences

Leaving Afghanistan

Part two: Looking for Islam

The Letter

The Convert

Tangier

Crossing Morocco

The Border

Crossing Algeria

Michelle

The Bus to Turkey

Istanbul

The Embassy

The True Believer

Part three: Forgetting Afghanistan

The Rebel Leader

My Father’s Masterpiece

The Art of Losing

Hanging On

Epilogue