West of Kabul, East of New York : An Afghan American Story
by Ansary, Tamim 1948-
Edition statement:1st Published by : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York) Physical details: 292 Pages 20x13 cm | HB ISBN:0374287570.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | 973.04927 A617W 2006 (Browse shelf) | Available | 16036 |
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The day after the World Trade Center was destroyed, Tamim Ansary sent an anguished e-mail to twenty friends discussing the attack from his perspective as an Afghan American. The message reached millions. Born to an Afghan father and American mother, Ansary grew up in the intimate world of Afghan family life. When he emigrated to San Francisco, he believed he'd left Afghan culture behind forever. But at the height of the Iranian Revolution, he took a harrowing journey through the Islamic world to rediscover his roots. In the years that followed, he struggled to unite his divided self and to find a place in his imagination where his Afghan and American identities might meet.
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