Facts:   - known for: award-winning sayings in 15 languages author of 3 books of afghan proverbs and    - caption: class change at marefat high school      - name: edward zellem    - image: class change at marefat high school.jpg    - occupation: author , us navy captain , social entrepreneur   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edward zellem .
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edward zellem is a u.s. navy captain .he is known for his work inside afghanistan 's presidential palace and for authoring three bilingual collections of afghan proverbs : `` zarbul masalha : 151 afghan dari proverbs '' , a book for children entitled `` afghan proverbs illustrated '' , and a companion book of pashto proverbs entitled `` mataluna : 151 afghan pashto proverbs '' .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 '' .he is a member of the international association of paremiology -lrb- aip-iap -rrb- , 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 . .