| LC control no. | no2012058799 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Omar, Qais Akbar |
| Located | Kabul (Afghanistan) |
| Birth date | 1982 |
| Place of birth | Kabul (Afghanistan) |
| Field of activity | Journalism Creative writing Human rights |
| Affiliation | Kābul Pohantūn University of Colorado Brandeis University Harvard University Boston University Aschiana Foundation Initiative to Educate Afghan Women |
| Profession or occupation | Journalists Authors Ambassadors |
| Found in | Shakespeare in Kabul, 2012: t.p. (Qais Akbar Omar) p.4 of flap (graduate of Kabul University's Faculty of Journalism, lives in Kabul whered he manages his family's carpet business and writes books) Shakespeare en Kabul, 2015: title page (Qais Akbar Omar) page 2 of cover (Omar was born in 1982. He completed his bachelor's degree in journalism at Kabul University. In 2007, he was invited to the University of Colorado as a visiting scholar. In 2012, he moved to the US to study in the International Business School at Brandeis University. In 2014, he graduated from Boston University with a MFA in Creative Writing. In 2014-15, he was a Scholars at Risk Fellow at Harvard University. Omar serves as a goodwill ambassador for Aschiana Foundation in Kabul and for the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women) |
| Associated language | eng |
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