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In my father's country : an Afghan woman defies her fate /

Relates the author's decision, years after her father was taken away by the KGB, to relocate to her uncle's home in America, where she pursued an education and worked as an interpreter before becoming a cultural adviser for the U.S. Army.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wahab, Saima
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown Publishers, [2012]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Wahab, Saima > Travel > Afghanistan. Afghanistan > Social conditions > 21st century. Postwar reconstruction > Afghanistan. Women translators > Afghanistan > Biography. Afghan American women > Biography. Autobiographies. Wahab, Saima > Travel. Afghanistan > Social conditions. Translating and interpreting > Afghanistan > Biography.

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