Saima Wahab was born in Afghanistan, went to Pakistan as a refugee, and moved to the United States as a teenager. Since then she has become one of the only Pashtun female translators in the world, and - among other consequent roles - has returned to Afghanistan several times to work as a cultural adviser with the U.S. Army. She lives in Washington, D.C.
This biography was last updated on 04/24/2012.
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