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Studying at the American University of Afghanistan!
Quraisha Sherzad
LATEST NEWS
AUAF Welcomes Possible Release
The American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) is encouraged to hear reports of the possible release of our two colleagues, Kevin King and Timothy Weeks. While AUAF is not part of these discussions, we continue to urge the immediate and safe return of our…
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Ahmad Tamim Asey, Former Deputy Minister for Policy and Strategy at the Ministry of Defense, visited AUAF
On Monday November 4th, AUAF Student Government Association (SGA) organized a guest speaker program. Mr. Tamim Asey, the former deputy minister for policy and strategy at the Ministry of Defense delivered a speech titled, “Afghanistan: A Prisoner of…
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KBR Announces Ongoing Support for AUAF
Mike Flanagan, KBR Vice President, and Scott Grace, KBR Senior Manager, visited AUAF on November 9 to lead the inauguration of AUAF's football field. The KBR executives enjoyed a tour of the AUAF campus and had a chance to meet with Susan Azizi,…
Read MoreAUAF Welcomes Possible Release
The American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) is encouraged to hear reports of the possible release of our two colleagues, Kevin King and Timothy Weeks. While AUAF is not part of these discussions, we continue to urge the immediate and safe return of our…
Read MoreAUAF on Capitol Hill
AUAF on Capitol Hill On October 22, American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) Alumnae, Gharsanay IbnulAmeen, along with AUAF President David Sedney and Friends of AUAF President Kat Conlon, met with U.S. Congressional representatives to provi…
Read MoreInternational Security & Counterinsurgency Expert Visits AUAF
International Security & Counterinsurgency Expert Visits AUAF On 29th October, Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence and author of…
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Ahmad Tamim Asey, Former Deputy Minister for Policy and Strategy at the Ministry of Defense, visited AUAF
On Monday November 4th, AUAF Student Government Association (SGA) organized a guest speaker program. Mr. Tamim Asey, the former deputy minister for policy and strategy at the Ministry of Defense delivered a speech titled, “Afghanistan: A Prisoner of…
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AUAF's Law Students' Moot Court Team, Champions of the Sixth Afghanistan National VIS Moot Competition
Congratulations to AUAF Law students’ Moot Court team—victors of the Sixth Afghanistan National Vis Moot Competitions held on Friday, October 4. The AUAF Vis team also received the award for Best Respondent Memorandum and B…
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Astronomy Club Organized "Waxing Gibbous Moon" and Planetarium show at AUAF
On October 7th, the AUAF Astronomy Club organized a session for the AUAF community to expand their knowledge about the “Waxing Gibbous Moon”. At the same time, the Club presented a Planetarium show in one of our central classroom buildings. &n…
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KBR Announces Ongoing Support for AUAF
Mike Flanagan, KBR Vice President, and Scott Grace, KBR Senior Manager, visited AUAF on November 9 to lead the inauguration of AUAF's football field. The KBR executives enjoyed a tour of the AUAF campus and had a chance to meet with Susan Azizi,…
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AUAF Conducted Its First Open House Admissions Tour
The American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) conducted its first open house for the spring 2020 new student intake on October 29th, 30th & 31th, 2019. A total of 300 students, along with their parents, attended the open house. Welcomin…
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Samahang Pinoy of Philippines visited AUAF
The first-ever official election of Board of Trustees and Executive Officers was held on 25th of October 2019, in the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) campus with the overwhelming support and sponsorship of the top management of the University, h…
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Faculty Spotlight
Putting Mathematics to Work for Afghanistan
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Asadullah Jawid recently had a particularly timely paper published in the Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy. Publication in such prestigious peer-reviewed international journals is one of the hallmarks of AUAF’s commitment to scholarly research. Originally from a remote village in Ghazni province, Professor Jawid first joined AUAF’s STM Department in 2012, and returned to us in 2019. He has a Bachelor degree in Mathematics from Kabul University. He won DAAD scholarships to pursue graduate studies, earning his Masters in Applied Mathematics at Bonn University in Germany, and in 2015 began his PhD at the University of Kiel. His paper addresses a key developmental issue in rural Afghanistan: farmers’ adaptation to climate change and the impact of external interventions. In the classroom, he urges students to understand the value of the opportunity they have at AUAF.
Dr. Victoria Fontan
Dr. Victoria Fontan opened the Fall 2019 semester with three important pieces of advice for AUAF incoming students, stemming from her own student experience at the University of Limerick: 1) Take responsibility for your own learning, 2) Make the most of your time at AUAF and 3) Embrace diversity. As Dean of Faculty, Associate Provost and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at AUAF, Dr. Fontan draws upon a wealth of experience that she is regularly sharing across AUAF and beyond. She is the author of three books, and numerous peer-reviewed publications and commentaries. Her key research areas include Critical Terrorism Studies, Decolonial Peace Studies, and Transformative Education (Co-Creation of knowledge within classrooms). Dr. Fontan’s action research is also being featured in “Zero Impunity” (https://zeroimpunity.com), a trans-media project and documentary aiming to end impunity for sexual violence in conflict and peace. The film is currently featured in the official selection of several key film festivals around the globe. Later in September, she will join with the US Institute of Peace to convene a Peace Summit at AUAF, where students from multiple Afghan universities will shape a victims-centered peace framework for Afghanistan.
Student Spotlight
Marzia & Sughra Azizi
This week’s spotlight is on two students, Marzia Azizi (Political Science) and Sughra Azizi Business), and their papers published in the latest volume of the Journal of Women in Public Policy. Their contributions, Turkey's Potential for Facilitating Regional Cooperation and Peace in Afghanistanby Marzia Azizi and Kabul-New Delhi Relations and the Future of Security in Afghanistan by Sughra Azizi, each provide an in-depth review of critical issues for Afghanistan. AUAF has a number of links with the Journal with including Dr. M. Bashir Mobasher, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Dr. Dr. M. Nazif Shahrani, a former AUAF professor, who are peer reviewers for the Journal, and Journal editor, Mariam Safi, Adjunct Professor of Gender Studies. Congratulations to Marzia and Sughra on their scholarly contributions.
