As a resident of the United States since 1964, the Afghanistan-born Ansary is perfectly positioned to mediate his native country for his adopted one. The author of Destiny Interrupted and West of Kabul, East of New York, Ansary in his new history of Afghanistan examines the age-old conflict between a modernized Kabul and the tribal countryside, a clash the West has overlooked in its focus on the struggle for democracy.
Description
By the author of Destiny Disrupted: an enlightening, accessible history of modern Afghanistan from the Afghan point of view, showing how Great Power conflicts have interrupted its ongoing, internal struggle to take form as a nation.
About the Author
Tamim Ansary is the author of Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes and West of Kabul, East of New York, among other books. For ten years he wrote a monthly column for Encarta.com, and has published essays and commentary in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Alternet, TomPaine.com, Edutopia, Parade, Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Born in Afghanistan in 1948, he moved to the U.S. in 1964. He lives in San Francisco, where he is director of the San Francisco Writers Workshop.
