Fahim speaks : a warrior-actor's odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and back / by Fahim Fazli with Michael Moffett.
Material type: TextPublication details: North Hills, California : Warriors Publishing Group, c2012.Description: [8], 203 p. : ill., map ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780982167076
- DS371.4. F39 2012
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS371.4.F39 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000352756 |
“Afghanistan is a complicated place,’ says Fahim Fazli, and he knows. Born in that enigmatic nation when it was at peace, coming of age as it became a land of terror, and even helping Hollywood recreate the years of war against the USSR, he has a story told in the languages of his origin yet understood by the ears of the Western world. As both history and memoir, when Fahim Fazli speaks we are fascinated / Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson’s war”—cover page.
Abstract: "Fahim Fazli is a man of two worlds: Afghanistan, the country of his birth, and America, the nation he adopted and learned to love. He's also a man who escaped oppression, found his dream profession, and then paid it all forward by returning to Afghanistan as an interpreter with the U.S. Marines. When Fahim speaks, the story he tells is harrowing, fascinating, and inspiring..."—book cover.