Tamim Ansary
Afghan-American author and speaker
Tamim Ansary is a writer and speaker of Afghan-American background, whose subjects include Islam, Afghanistan and history. His book Destiny Disrupted offers a world history seen from an Islamic perspective.
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American Born 1948 in Kabul, Afghanistan
About Tamim Ansary
Tamim Ansary was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1948 and moved to the United States while in high school. He has written a history of Afghanistan, a historical novel, about 30 nonfiction books for children, and the memoir West of Kabul, East of New York, which San Francisco and Waco, Texas both chose for their One City One Book programs. Destiny Disrupted received the 2009 Northern California Book Award in the nonfiction category. In 2001 he sent an email that condemned the Taliban while cautioning against a US military intervention, and it spread widely. He also directed the San Francisco Writers Workshop for 22 years.