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As a little girl, I was often reminded that my family name represents something special, that I carry with me something much bigger than myself.
Growing up in America, the walls of my childhood home were hung with black-and-white photographs of my late grandfather in the company of kings, queens, ministers, and other prestigious people. His stories were a constant topic of conversation at the dinner table, and towers of his books were always stacked in our home office.
Ahmad Ali Kohzad was a leading Afghan historian and archeologist. He was a prominent and esteemed scholar and cultural figure who was the first person to uncover Afghanistan s pre-Islamic history.