Talk:Fariba Nawa

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She is a native Persian, Tajik (since you are not blind and you can also read it in the article). She is not an Afghan/Pashtun. Today, Tajiks don´t want to be recognized as Afghans because we aren´t--84.59.205.248 (talk) 16:06, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Afghan-American (numerous past edits)
I don't see the problem with describing her as Afghan-American, as she calls herself this in her book (Opium Nation) when talking about reconciling her experience or life in Afghanistan with her American experience/life. Something that any immigrant that chooses to permanently live in another country has to consider, from the way that I understand it.

Why not include both? Tajik-American and Afghan-American, to describe her national ties (much of her writing seems to be about Afghanistan and it's future, so I don't think we can say that she wants to be separated from that part of her, per se...) and also her ethnic ties. I think it's more complicated than simply saying Afghan- OR Tajik- American. However, I am used to emphasizing the person's birth nation for legal purposes and where they grew up is also important in their identity, along with their ethnic identity. Both are influential to her identity, I think. (Which is why ethnicity is listed on the right as well.)

It sounds similar to the complications of Pashtuns living in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, near the border, where there are disagreements about nationality, border lines, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 215.68.12.251 (talk) 06:41, 11 April 2012 (UTC)