| West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story Contributor(s): Ansary, Tamim (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786160772 ISBN-13: 9780786160778 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: March 2007 Annotation: 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. Unabridged. 4 CDs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Social Science | Minority Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 4.96" W x 6.16" (0.53 lbs) |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Here in his own words is one man's personal journey through two cultures in conflict. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ansary, Tamim: - Tamim Ansary is the award-winning author of Destiny Disrupted and West of Kabul, East of New York. He has been a major contributing writer to several secondary-school history textbooks offering an Islamic perspective. |