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Girl Fighters

Autor Carolyn Han
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 feb 2022
"A tale of two girls who disguised themselves as boys so they could fight in Yemen 1960s Civil War"--
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ISBN-13: 9781951082239
ISBN-10: 1951082230
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 mm
Editura: Rare Bird Books

Notă biografică

Carolyn Han has a Master's Degree in English from San Diego State University. In 1985 she taught at Chongqing University, and later at Yunnan Minority Institute, Kunming, China.

In 1989, she lectured at the University of Hawaii-Hilo and Hawaii Community College. She edited three collections of Chinese folktales: Tales from Within the Clouds (1997), The Demon King and Other Festival Folktales of China (1995), and Why Snails Have Shell (1993) which were published by the University of Hawaii Press. She also wrote children's books: Koa's Seed (Beach House Publishing, 2004), Ponopono (Island Heritage, 2001) and Kalapana (Island Heritage, 1999).

In 2000, Carolyn traveled to Yemen to study Arabic. She then wrote: From the Land of Sheba: Yemeni Folk Tales (Interlink, 2005). Her book, Vanishing Spots, written in Arabic and English, was published in Lebanon (2012). With Bedouin she crossed the Ramlat as-Sab'atayn, Yemen's desert, by camel. She wrote: Where the Paved Road End, a memoir set in Yemen (Potomac, 2012).

In 2008, she left Yemen to live and work in Oman, and later lived in Egypt, Kosovo, and now Montenegro.