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Saima Wahab

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SAIMA WAHAB was born in Afghanistan, went to Pakistan as a refugee, and moved to the United States as a teenager. Since then she has become one of the only Pashtun female translators in the world and, among other consequent roles, has returned to Afghanistan to work as a cultural adviser with the U.S. Army. A longtime resident of Portland, OR, Saima now lives in the Washington D.C. area.

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Average rating: 3.67 · 486 ratings · 115 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors

In My Father's Country
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions

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