The books
Two current books: a field manual for rebuilding in an AI-shaped economy, and a memoir of Afghanistan, exile, and the search for home. Earlier guides stand behind them.
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A Field Manual for the Work of Standing Again
Atta Arghandiwal and Sohrab Rasouli
A field manual for the work of standing again.
Safety, competence, belonging, and trust.
Ask safely, protect private information, and verify.
Across systems, family, work, education, money, protection, and the long game.
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Current edition
Atta Arghandiwal
Afghanistan, exile, and the search for home.
A 2012 Foreword INDIES finalist in Autobiography & Memoir and a 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award finalist for the Bill Fisher Best First Book—Nonfiction.
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Earlier work
Practical guides and an earlier edition of the memoir. They remain available and are listed here for readers, libraries, and researchers who are looking for them.
Self-sufficiency guide
Atta Arghandiwal
A practical guide for immigrants and families building stability through work, planning, citizenship, and responsibility.
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Family planning tool
Atta Arghandiwal with Eileen Figure Sandlin
A structured family tool for documents, work, citizenship, and daily stability.
Legacy edition
Atta Arghandiwal
Atta's original memoir and the journey through memory, displacement, and dignity.
For groups
Universities, libraries, book clubs, immigrant-serving organizations, and community programmes can ask about copies for a group, and about whether Atta can join the discussion.
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