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Jamil Jan Kochai Reads “The Twice-Widowed Khala Helai”

Jamil Jan Kochai Reads “The Twice-Widowed Khala Helai”

30 min

Jamil Jan Kochai reads his story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/08/the-twice-widowed-khala-helai-fiction-jamil-jan-kochai">The Twice-Widowed Khala Helai,</a>” from the June 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. Kochai is the author of the novel “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1408898446/">99 Nights in Logar</a>” and the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593297210/">The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories</a>,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2022 and won the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Jamil Jan Kochai reads his story “The Twice-Widowed Khala Helai,” from the June 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. Kochai is the author of the novel “99 Nights in Logar” and the story collection “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2022 and won the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize.


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