Mataluna 151 Afghan Pashto Proverbs [Paperback]

The?award-winning multicultural collaboration between a U.S. Navy officer, an Afghan high school, and Pashtuns worldwide that reveals our common humanity in a time of war.

Learn something new about yourself and others?with the wisdom of?Mataluna - the much-anticipated book of Afghanistan's top?Pashto Proverbs.? Awarded Finalist honors in the prestigious 2015 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards (Multicultural),??2014 USA Best Book Awards (Nonfiction-Multicultural), and Five Stars by Readers' Favorite.?Written by?U.S. Navy Captain Edward Zellem, the 7-time award-winning author of Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs and Afghan Proverbs Illustrated.

Mataluna ('Proverbs' in Pashto, one of Afghanistan's two official languages) is the first and only book of its kind. It is a unique multicultural?book that is the essential companion to Captain?Zellem's acclaimed series of bilingual Afghan Proverbs books in Dari, English and over a dozen other languages.

Mataluna features 151 commonly used Pashto Proverbs and 50 original illustrations by Afghan high school students. The book is bilingual in English and Pashto, and includes Pashto script, English translations, and transliterations for easy pronunciation.

Afghan Proverbs are gaining global attention like never before. Be the first person you know who can make your point with an?Afghan Proverb!??Understand?the true nature of Afghanistan and its people with Mataluna: 151 Afghan Pashto Proverbs. More at afghansayings.com.