Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Edward Zellem is a U.S. Navy Captain. --- He is known for his work inside Afghanistan's Presidential Palace[1] and for authoring two bilingual collections of Afghan proverbs, "Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs" and "Afghan Proverbs Illustrated." Zellem wrote the books to "show how Afghan proverbs demonstrate our common humanity and the humanity of Afghans, and to share the proverbs' lyricism, richness and deep meanings with the rest of the world".[2] He is a member of the International Association of Paremiology (AIP-IAP), which is based in Tavira, Portugal. It is a nonprofit cultural institution dedicated to the international scientific study of proverbs, and is the only Association of its type in the world. --- Captain Edward Zellem was born in Indiana, Pa. He has served as a United States Navy officer for the past 25 years, has lived in six countries and has visited at least 50 others.[2] He can speak Dari and worked in Afghanistan, where for a year and a half he collected and used Dari proverbs every day as a hobby and learning tool.[2][4] He was a University of Virginia football player, spent time in New Zealand and Thailand, and then joined the Navy to continue to see the world.[5] - More, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Zellem

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