Hamid Naweed (Persian: حامد نوید) is an

Afghan-American Afghan Americans ( prs, آمریکایی‌های افغان‌تبار ''Amrikāyi-hāye Afghān tabar'', ps, د امريکا افغانان ''Da Amrīka Afghanan'') are Americans of Afghan descent or Americans who originated from Afghanistan. ...

writer and art historian. Naweed received his MFA from

State University of New York at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. The university was founded in 1846 ...

after which he thought Art History and Aesthetics at Kabul University. As a Fulbright scholarship, he authored a number of articles on Afghan art. He is on the advisory board of The Alliance for the Restoration of Cultural Heritage as well as a correspondent for

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and contributor for NPR. Naweed is the author of two books, one on

Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...

and another on Afghan art history for which he was recognized by the Afghan Embassy in Washington DC. His screenplay for Loori won the Best Screenplay Wward at

New York Film Festival The New York Film Festival (NYFF) is a film festival held every fall in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center (FLC). Founded in 1963 by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel with the support of Lincoln Center president William Schuman, it is ...

. Currently he hosts a regular TV show exploring art on Zarin TV.

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