About the book

A story of survival, displacement and hope

After losing his father at just six years old, Sam went to work in a public bath house in Kabul. Growing up as a Hazara in Afghanistan, he faced persecution and began to dream of reaching Western Europe.

Following the Russian invasion, he set out as a medical student on a journey marked by hunger, exploitation, abduction and danger.

Flying Towards a Secret Sky is a personal account of what it means to flee danger and poverty, and to build a new life in the UK.