LC control no. | no2012058799 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Omar, Qais Akbar |
See also | Graduate of: Kābul Pohantūn http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60808 Graduate of: Brandeis University http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60808 Graduate of: Boston University http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60808 |
Other standard no. | E39PBJB4bpX9K8vdKCTTTG3xXd Q20744598 237505866 0000000370464233 1915940 |
Associated country | Afghanistan United States |
Located | Kabul (Afghanistan) |
Birth date | 1982-11-18 |
Place of birth | Kabul (Afghanistan) |
Field of activity | Journalism Creative writing Human rights |
Affiliation | Kābul Pohantūn Boston University Brandeis University Harvard University Aschiana Foundation Initiative to Educate Afghan Women |
Profession or occupation | Journalists Journalists Authors Writers |
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) Wikipedia, January 14, 2025 (Qais Akbar Omar (born November 18, 1982) is an Afghan-American writer; born in Kabul; owner of Kabul Carpets, a business that his family has operated for four generations; bachelor's degree in journalism from Kabul University; moved to the United States in 2012; Master of Business Administration from Brandeis University; in 2014, he graduated from Boston University with a MFA in Creative Writing; has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Cairo Review of Global Affairs) |
Associated language | eng |