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New:  The Pashto Proverbs Project

By popular demand, the Pashto companion to "Zarbul Masalha"

 "Mataluna:  151 Pashto Proverbs" 

Now collecting Pashto Proverbs

You can add your favorite Pashto Proverb to the new book

HERE

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Press Release: Building an Army of Afghan Proverb Collectors Online  

Read what Film Annex says about the Pashto Proverbs Project

For Publication worldwide in Fall 2013

 Book sales benefit Afghan-led literacy programs in Afghanistan

The Afghan Dari Proverbs Collection

Four books, four paths.

(Char ketob, char raah.)    .چهار کتاب، چهار راه

     Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs                        Afghan Proverbs Illustrated 

            Afghanische Sprichwörter Illustriert                           Proverbes Illustrés Afghans

Another way.  

(Raah-e degar.)  .راه  دیگر

 "The Kindle and NOOK editions of Zarbul Masalha have been awarded a QED Seal for quality in e-Book design. 

      They can be read easily on screens both large and small."  

     Zarbul Masalha for Kindle and Nook 

Edward Zellem's Afghanistan Dashboard

Coming In Summer 2013:  

The Russian-Dari Edition of "Afghan Proverbs Illustrated"  

Edward Zellem's Interview with Afghan Movie Star Leena Alam:

Gaining Hearts with Filmmaking in Afghanistan

An exclusive Film Annex interview with the author of Zarbul Masalha

 

An interview with the Author

by Film Annex

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MWSA Review of Zarbul Masalha

In Zarbul Masalha, Captain Edward Zellem has done an excellent job collecting and setting forth 151 Afghan Dari proverbs. While this may be self evident with the title of the book, Zellem has done a lot more than simply collect a group of phrases.  The book is laid out in a consistent format with the proverb typed in Dari, followed by a literal English translation, and then by a line or two telling the reader what the proverb actually means.  On several pages he includes a drawing done by the students at a local high school.

     Besides the collection of proverbs, the book includes a number of pages in which the author provides more of an explanation for a few of the proverbs, talks about the local high school, and a little about his experiences with the Afghan people.  There is also a collection of photographs of the school, students, and others mentioned or affiliated with the book.

     I liked this book, and I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Afghan culture or in the collection of proverbs.

                                                                                                         Reviewed by: Bob Doerr (2013)

Fresh news.

(Khabar-e taazaa.)  .خبر تازه

Afghan Proverbs author Edward Zellem

interviewed live

by Afghan-American TV host Sahar Jan

Broadcast internationally on

Payam-e Afghan TV

April 22,2013

In Dari and English

Interview Part I:

Interview Part II:

 تبریک باشین 

Congratulations to Roya Mahboob

Afghan IT entrepreneur and Film Annex colleague

Named one of TIME Magazine's  

"Top 100 Most Influential People of 2013"

("Pioneers")

Roya Mahboob, Francesco Rulli, Edward Zellem and

 "Empowering Women and Children of Central and South Asia with Afghan Wisdom"

** "Long Tail Keywords, Afghan Proverbs, the High Seas and Roya Mahboob"

"Time Top 100 Gala and Social Enterprise for Women in Technology by Roya Mahboob" 

"Strong Women of Technology: Sheryl Sandberg and Roya Mahboob"



               Top 10 Afghan Dari Proverbs:

                                    Military Edition

"The foundation of a culture is language. Edward Zellem's work with Afghan proverbs at this critical moment of Afghan reconstruction is a tool for integration, communication and sharing values that is vital for the success of our common goals and objectives in Afghanistan. An excellent compilation."

            -- Dr. Farid Younos, Afghan-American television personality,

                 host of "The Dr. Younos Show" and "30 Minutes" on NOOOR-TV,

                 and professor at California State University-East Bay

"Social Entrepreneurship: The New Heroes

    with PBS, Edward Zellem, and the Schwab Foundation"

From the U.S. Department of State's

Bureau of International Information Programs:

"Sailor Builds Bridges with Books of Afghan Proverbs"

Chinese 中文     Arabic  عربي        English         Farsi   فارسی

Voice of America radio interview with author Edward Zellem

Voice of America's Radio Ashna 

(in Dari with VOA reporter and host Jila Samee)

Broadcast nationwide in Afghanistan on January 30, 2013 

Video Created and Presented by Film Annex

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 A Radio Interview on Afghanistan Culture with Edward Zellem

Interview by Fox NewsRadio 970 WFLA

Video Created and Presented by Film Annex 

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Film Annex Press Release

"Film Annex Collaborates with U.S. Navy Captain and Author Edward Zellem to Promote Afghan Proverbs."

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Read what General David Petraeus said about

"Zarbul Masalha" while serving in Afghanistan

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