Life As An Afghan American
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Life As An Afghan American
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Author : Vic Kovacs
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2017-12-15
Life As An Afghan American written by Vic Kovacs and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In a time of war and political turbulence, what is life like for Afghani immigrants who have made new homes in the United States? This informative book encourages readers to explore the complex issues affecting many Afghan Americans today, inspiring cultural awareness and compassion. Readers will learn about critical moments in modern history, which provide context for current events in the United States and around the world. They'll see the unique, vibrant, and valuable ways Afghan Americans influence and contribute to contemporary American society. Stunning photographs capture this timely issue, while fact boxes provide insight into key points. Accessible text and a sensitive approach to complicated issues make this book essential for any library or classroom.
Torn Between Two Cultures
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Author : Maryam Qudrat Aseel
language : en
Publisher: Capital Books
Release Date : 2004-06
Torn Between Two Cultures written by Maryam Qudrat Aseel and has been published by Capital Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Exceptionally useful are (Aseel's) reflections on what it has meant to be a Muslim in America after September 11 . . . A fascinating multicultural coming-of-age story."--"Booklist."
Snapshots
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Author : Mir Tamim Ansary
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Snapshots written by Mir Tamim Ansary and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Afghan Americans categories.
My Three Lives On Earth
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Author : Tawab Assifi
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-08-14
My Three Lives On Earth written by Tawab Assifi and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-14 with Political Science categories.
This book tells the true life story of the author, Abdul Tawab Assifi. It is written in three parts. Each part depicts unique circumstances and happenings in the authors life and that of his family. In part one, the author gives an account of his early life, including his schooling and the degrees he earned from reputable American universities. He then discusses how he utilized this knowledge to build his home country. Mr. Assifi climbed the professional ladder, becoming governor of an important Afghan province and then the minister of mines and industries before the Soviet Red Armys invasion and takeover of his homeland. Part two describes when all hell breaks loose in Afghanistan. It is an eyewitness account of the government coup and the murder of Afghanistans beloved president, his wife, his daughters and sons, and other women and children in his family. The author kept secret notes while he was in prison, and he managed to get those notes out once he was released. A daily account of these events, Assifis imprisonment, and the torture and slaughter of thousands of innocent people by the Communists, who had been trained by the Soviet Russian government, is provided in this part of the book, which is called The Origins of the Tragedy of Afghanistan. Part three is the story of the authors new life in the land of the free. It is an account of how the author managed to get his wife and children to America, which the author calls heaven on earth. In this part, Mr. Assifi speaks of the work he did in America and when he returned to Afghanistan to rebuild his destroyed homeland and provide assistance to its downtrodden people.
West Of Kabul East Of New York
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Author : Tamim Ansary
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2003-03-01
West Of Kabul East Of New York written by Tamim Ansary and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-01 with Political Science categories.
A passionate personal journey through two cultures in conflict Shortly after militant Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, Tamim Ansary of San Francisco sent an e-mail to twenty friends, telling how the threatened U.S. reprisals against Afghanistan looked to him as an Afghan American. The message spread, and in a few days it had reached, and affected, millions of people-Afghans and Americans, soldiers and pacifists, conservative Christians and talk-show hosts; for the message, written in twenty minutes, was one Ansary had been writing all his life. West of Kabul, East of New York is an urgent communiqué by an American with "an Afghan soul still inside me," who has lived in the very different worlds of Islam and the secular West. The son of an Afghan man and the first American woman to live as an Afghan, Ansary grew up in the intimate world of Afghan family life, one never seen by outsiders. No sooner had he emigrated to San Francisco than he was drawn into the community of Afghan expatriates sustained by the dream of returning to their country -and then drawn back to the Islamic world himself to discover the nascent phenomenon of militant religious fundamentalism. Tamim Ansary has emerged as one of the most eloquent voices on the conflict between Islam and the West. His book is a deeply personal account of the struggle to reconcile two great civilizations and to find some point in the imagination where they might meet.
My Afghanistan
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Author : Jean Boyce-Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-10-01
My Afghanistan written by Jean Boyce-Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Twenty-two-years-old and newly graduated from college, the author and her husband set out on an adventure to Afghanistan. It is 1948, just three years after World War II and a year after the bloody Partition of India and Pakistan, and Ghandhi's assassination. It a time of distrust. Many Afghans want to modernize and see education in English as the key. The author and her husband are hired by The Royal Afghan Government to teach. This is their story.
No Good Men Among The Living
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Author : Anand Gopal
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Release Date : 2014-04-29
No Good Men Among The Living written by Anand Gopal and has been published by Metropolitan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-29 with Political Science categories.
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR PRIZE Anand Gopal's No Good Men Among the Living stunningly lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony. "Essential reading for anyone concerned about how America got Afghanistan so wrong. A devastating, well-honed prosecution detailing how our government bungled the initial salvo in the so-called war on terror, ignored attempts by top Taliban leaders to surrender, trusted the wrong people, and backed a feckless and corrupt Afghan regime . . . It is ultimately the most compelling account I've read of how Afghans themselves see the war." --The New York Times Book Review In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a U.S.-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides, who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality. Through their dramatic stories emerges a stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliban back from the dead.
One Story Thirty Stories
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Author : Zohra Saed
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
One Story Thirty Stories written by Zohra Saed and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Literary Collections categories.
"From a society shredded by violence and a generation caught between Afghanistan and America, Saed and Muradi have sewn together a vibrant patchwork of memory and imagination. At turns raw and affecting, One Story, Thirty Stories is a chronicle of loss and reunion, offering a firsthand look at how communities are fractured and remade, with all the frustration and tenderness that exile evokes."---Tara Bahrampour, To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America "One Story, Thirty Stories is exquisite documentary, a kaleidoscope of fragmented lives, losses, and attempts at remaking. The editors have assembled a collection that manages to be both literature and history, heartbreaking and hopeful, educational and lyrical. From the daughter of a cab driver to the daughter of an imam, from a crack dealer to a standup comic to an ambassador, the writers in this book offer not only poignant testimony but also form a who's who of Afghans in the United States. An invaluable, accessible resource for anyone who cares about what America is doing in, and to, Afghanistan."---Minal Hajratwala, author of Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents Since 9/11 there has been a cultural and political blossoming in the Afghan diaspora, especially in the United States, revealing a vibrant, active, and intellectual Afghan American community. And the success of Khaled Hosseni's The Kite Runner, the first work of fiction written by an Afghan American to become a bestseller, has created interest in the works of other Afghan American writers. One Story, Thirty Stories (or Afsanab, Seesaneh, the Afghan equivalent of "one upon a time") collects poetry, fiction, essays, and selections from two blogs from thirty-three men and women---poets, fiction writers, journalists, filmmakers and video artists, photographers, community leaders and organizers, and diplomats. The fifty pieces in this rich anthology show people trying to come to grips with a life in exile, or they trace the migration maps of parents. They navigate the jagged landscape of the Soviet invasion, the civil war of the 1990s and the rise of the Taliban, and the ongoing American occupation.
Life As An Afghan American
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Author : Vic Kovacs
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2017-12-15
Life As An Afghan American written by Vic Kovacs and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In a time of war and political turbulence, what is life like for Afghani immigrants who have made new homes in the United States? This informative book encourages readers to explore the complex issues affecting many Afghan Americans today, inspiring cultural awareness and compassion. Readers will learn about critical moments in modern history, which provide context for current events in the United States and around the world. They'll see the unique, vibrant, and valuable ways Afghan Americans influence and contribute to contemporary American society. Stunning photographs capture this timely issue, while fact boxes provide insight into key points. Accessible text and a sensitive approach to complicated issues make this book essential for any library or classroom.
Come Back To Afghanistan
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Author : Said Hyder Akbar
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Release Date : 2005-11-10
Come Back To Afghanistan written by Said Hyder Akbar and has been published by Bloomsbury USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The intimate and riveting chronicle of an extraordinarily courageous Afghan-American teenager coming of age in post-9/11 Afghanistan. Building on two acclaimed radio documentaries aired on This American Life, Hyder Akbar tells how his ordinary suburban California life was turned upside-down after 9/11. Hyder’s father, a scion of an Afghan political family, sold his business—a hip-hop clothing store in Oakland—and left for Afghanistan, where he became President Hamid Karzai’s chief spokesman and later, the governor of Kunar, a rural province. Obsessed since youth with a country he had never even visited, seventeen-year-old Hyder convinced his father to let him join him on three successive summers. Working alongside his father at the presidential palace and in Kunar has given Hyder a rare front-row seat at the creation of democratic government in Afghanistan. In Come Back to Afghanistan, Hyder interweaves his personal journey—a teenager struggling with his identity in his parents’ homeland—with a dramatic behind-the-scenes account of political and civilian life in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Uncommonly wise and insightful, Hyder travels from palaces to prisons and from Kabul to the borderlands, revealing Afghanistan as readers have never seen or understood it before.
