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West of Kabul, East of New York

An Afghan American Story

Mir Tamim Ansary

2002·292 pages·Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics

The day after Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, Tamim Ansary of San Francisco sent an anguished e-mail to twenty friends, discussing the attack from his perspective as an Afghan American. That message, spreading via the Internet, reached and touched millions of people around the world.

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West of Kabul, East of New York

An Afghan American Story

Mir Tamim Ansary

Year

2002

Pages

292

Type

Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics

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The day after Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, Tamim Ansary of San Francisco sent an anguished e-mail to twenty friends, discussing the attack from his perspective as an Afghan American. That message, spreading via the Internet, reached and touched millions of people around the world.

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