Tamim Ansary—Games Without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan

Tamim Ansary is an Afghan American author who grew up in Afghanistan, moved to America when he was 16, and takes a particular interest in times and places where cultures and civilizations overlap. His books include the literary memoir West of Kabul, East of New York, as well as Games Without Rules, the Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan, and Destiny Disrupted, A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, which won a Northern California Book Award and has been translated into fifteen languages. His latest book, The Invention of Yesterday, offers a birds’ eye view of world history as a fabric woven of cultural narratives and explores how a world historical narrative might be constructed for this global age.