Edward Zellem

Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs Edward Zellem Bilingual edition

The award-winning and world's most popular bilingual book of Afghan Proverbs.  Collected,  translated, and first published in Afghanistan by Dari speaker and U. S. Navy Captain Edward Zellem.  Available at leading booksellers in over 70 countries.  In English and Dari (Afghan Farsi) with transliterations. Winner of a 2013 Gold Medal from the Military Writers Society of America, and won Honorable Mention in the 2014 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards.  

Zarbul Masalha ("Proverbs" in Dari) is the only book of its kind in the world.  Pronounced "zar-bull mah-sal-HAA," it is the authoritative work that presents and explains 151 of Afghanistan's most commonly used Proverbs.  Beautifully illustrated with 50 original artworks by Afghan high school students in Kabul.
 
By popular demand the companion volume, Edward Zellem's Afghan Proverbs Illustrated, has been translated and published bilingually in English-Dari and 12 additional languages.  For Pashto speakers,  Mataluna: 151 Afghan Pashto Proverbs was published in June 2014 and features 50 new illustrations by Afghan students.  

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