The story of my life : an Afghan girl on the other side of the sky 2005
- Ahmedi, Farah, Afghans, Refugees, Biography
Ahmedi was born just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. The sounds of gunfire and fighter planes were as normal to her as the sounds of traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
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- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Farah Ahmedi, Mir Tamim Ansary
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Simon Spotlight Entertainment
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781416906704
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