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The Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi, Tamim Ansary

The Other Side of the Sky

A Memoir

by Farah Ahmedi, Tamim Ansary
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  • Apr 1, 2005, 256 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jun 2006, 256 pages
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From Afghanistan to America - One girl's journey. Memoir
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The Other Side of the Sky won Good Morning America's 2005 essay contest in 2005 and was published in 2006 by Simon & Schuster as The Story of My Life

Farah is now 18 years old and an ambassador to the United Nations' Adopt-A-Minefield program. 

This review first ran in the July 6, 2006 issue of BookBrowse Recommends.

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