In My Father's Country

In My Father’s Country: An Afghan Woman Denies Her Fate by Saima Wahab

Wahad pens a beautiful memoir with a powerful female voice. Born in Afghanistan, later forced to flee to Pakistan as a refugee, her family decides to send her and her siblings to Amercia to live with their Uncles. Wahab struggles to conform to American culture and she describes the clash between Afghan and American ideals.

Continuing to discover herself, as an adult, Wahab returns to Afghanistan as an interpreter. In an honest voice she reveals her struggle to break away from the traditional role of an Afghan woman and create her own place in the world. She is fair to both cultures—American and Pashtun. She is complex and beautiful. I appreciated her voice.