Set in 2013, the play centers a former interpreter for the U.S. Military during the War in Afghanistan forced to choose between witnessing the birth of his child or staying in hiding as a target of the Taliban.

[1] Selling Kabul had its world premiere on July 10, 2019 on the Nikos Stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, produced in association with Playwrights Horizons.

[2] This production was directed by Tyne Rafaeli, and featured Omid Abtahi, May Calamawy, Marjan Neshat, and Babak Tafti.

[3] Selling Kabul made its Off-Broadway and New York debut on November 17, 2021 through Playwrights Horizons at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, directed by Tyne Rafaeli and starring Francis Benhamou, Mattico David, Marjan Neshat, and Dario Ladani Sanchez.

[6] Catey Sullivan, writing about a February 2024 production of the show by Northlight Theatre for the Chicago Sun-Times, similarly praised Khoury for having "structured a breathless, airtight plot where every moment of dialogue — and even seemingly innocuous bits of sound design — fits precisely into an intricate, meticulously rendered puzzle that shocks and surprises right up until the last piece falls into place.