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![Here's a non-fiction suggestion for your TBR as Arab American Heritage Month winds down!📖
LAST TO EAT, LAST TO LEARN: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women by Pashtana Durrani and Tamara Bralo has already hit shelves at your local library or bookstore!
"From young Afghani activist and Amnesty International Global Youth Ambassador Pashtana Durrani, a deeply inspiring memoir about the power of learning and the value of educators in their many forms – from teachers, mentors, and role models, to fathers, mothers, and any one of us with the drive to stand against ignorance…"
What other books are you picking up for Arab Heritage month?
Thank you @kensingtonbooks for sending this title our way!
[alt text: the book, Last to Eat, Last to Learn by Pashtana Durrani sits on an orange chair]
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