(BUSINESS INSIDER) – In November, Jahish Sahar Samir posted to Facebook an offer to sell 100 books – a collection of poetry anthologies and novels that had been years in the making – for a mere 4,000 Afghanis, or about $38.
On Dec. 4, Samir posted another offer: "One kidney for sale." Immediately, the 27-year-old novelist and teacher was inundated with messages of shock and disbelief, discouraging his plan.
"No one could believe it," he said in an interview. "They all thought I was joking. None of them took it seriously." But like many Afghans this winter, Samir was growing desperate.
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