Critic Barbara J. King says that if you pick up The Snow Leopard Project expecting just a story about big cats, you’ll be pleasantly disappointed:

The broad scope of The Snow Leopard Project makes for compelling reading, not least because it corrects assumptions some of us may have picked up about Afghanistan during these 18 long years of war. Most Americans view Afghanistan, Dehgan writes, “as an inhospitable, dusty land of mud houses, thick clay walls, and bearded, turbaned men and women in burkas.” The reality, of course, is much more complex — and more beautiful.

Check out her full review here.

– Petra