He grew up in Lashkar Gah, a town in Helmand province where his father oversaw a massive irrigation project that the US initiated during the 1950’s. He is a Sayed, and his East Asian features are courtesy of his Hazara grandmother. He was born and raised in Afghanistan to an Afghan father and an American mother. As he prepared tea for us, I sat in his living room, taking in the sights of shelves and tables full of books, as well as paintings on the wall that he later told me were made by his daughter. He greeted me with a warm pleasant smile and generously invited me inside. A man with East Asian features, a head full of white hair in a bob cut, a whisky beard, small framed glasses, an orange shirt and suspenders answered the door. I arrived at a bright red house, situated on a steep road that overlooked the dusty mountains surrounding the unique city of San Francisco. Middle East / North Africa فارسی ir. كوردی Kurdi Türkçe.Africa Afaan Oromoo አማርኛ Français Hausa Kinyarwanda Kirundi Ndebele Português Shona Soomaaliga Kiswahili ትግርኛ Zimbabwe.East & Southeast Asia Burmese 粵語 中文 Bahasa Indonesia ខ្មែរ Khmer 한국어 ລາວ ไทย བོད་ཡིག Tibetan Tiếng Việt.English Worldwide English Learning English.
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