Book sales courtesy of Ben McNally Books. CALLED HER KIDNAPPING CALLED 'UNDER AN AFGHAN SKY,' AN AFGHAN SKY,'. Mellissa Fung will sign books following the presentation. Canadian journalist Melissa Fung is documenting the lives of. This 50-minute interview will be followed by an audience Q&A. From their kidnappings, assaults and tortures, to pivotal moments of bravery and resistance, Fung portrays heartbreaking feats of strength and faith, and renews a global call for urgent action. Under an Afghan Sky is the gripping tale of Fung’s days in captivity, and a powerful book about survival and the indomitable spirit of one woman in the most perilous of circumstances. 700 Ratings In October 2008, Mellissa Fung, a reporter for CBC’s The National, was leaving a refugee camp outside of Kabul when she was kidnapped by armed men.As a former captive herself – which Fung wrote about in her number-one-bestselling memoir Under an Afghan Sky – Fung shares the girls’ horrific stories with great empathy. Under an Afghan Sky: A Memoir of Captivity by Mellissa Fung 3.70 avg.

of Canadian journalist Mellissa Fung, following the debut of her book Under an Afghan Sky. In her book, Fung documents the shocking true stories of several survivors, as collected over four years of travel and from 100+ hours of interviews with the girls and their families. my Introduction, and in various comments in this collection. During several visits to Nigeria over four years, she sat down with the girls and their families and conducted hundreds of hours of interviews, listening to horrific stories of capture, rape. In April 2014, nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram, and to this day many are still missing or presumed dead. Taken by Taliban sympathizers in Afghanistan, Fung shared her experience in her number-one-bestselling book, Under an Afghan Sky: A Memoir of Captivity. Prolific, bestselling author Louise Penny sits down with award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker Mellissa Fung for a powerful conversation about Fung’s latest book, Between Good and Evil: The Stolen Girls of Boko Haram (HarperCollins, April 18, 2023). Between Good and Evil Behind the Beautiful Forevers meets Under an Afghan Sky in this mesmerizing true story of the Nigerian girls taken captive by the. Witness true, raw and honest storytelling at its best, live at the historic Winter Garden Theatre.

Under an Afghan Sky by Mellissa Fung