Kamran Mir Hazar (

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:کامران میرهزار) (born 1976) is a Hazara Norwegian poet, journalist and human rights activist. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Kabul Press and Refugee Face. He has won various awards for his work and critical reporting, including a ''Hellman/ Hammett'' grant from American

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in 2008 and

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award from Afghanistan Civil Society Forum in 2007. Kamran Mir Hazar is a member of The Norwegian Writers' Center. Kamran Mir Hazar has studied

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at the

University of South-Eastern Norway The University of South-Eastern Norway ( no, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge), commonly known as USN, is a Norwegian state university. It has campuses in Bø, Telemark, Porsgrunn, Notodden, Rauland, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsberg and Horten. USN i ...

. He has initiated and founded Digital Hazaristan which aims to establish a Human-Centered Digital Society and a Digital

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. Kamran Mir Hazar is also the designer of the

Flag of Hazaristan The Flag of Hazaristan (Persian : پرچم هزارستان ) is known as the national flag of the Hazara people. It includes three colors: yellow, white and blue. It was originally proposed and presented on the cover of the anthology ''Poems fo ...

. He introduced the flag, first in Kabul Press, then officially published it on the cover of the poetry anthology

Poems for the Hazara ''Poems for the Hazara'' ()() is a multilingual poetry anthology and a collaborative poem composed of the works of one hundred twenty five internationally recognized poets from sixty-eight countries. Poems in this book are in English language, E ...

Journalistic work

Kamran Mir Hazar has worked for over 15 years as a

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, news

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and

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. In 2004 he has launched Kabul Press which is the most read news

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Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. In 2005 he started publishing Hot Tea in

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

. In 2006 he has worked as news editor for a national radio called Killid. A year after he worked for Salam Watandar radio, a radio which is supported by

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. ''Refugee Face'' is another website that he launched in 2011. As a journalist he is also one of

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contributors. One of Kamran Mir Hazar's books, ''

Censorship in Afghanistan ''Censorship in Afghanistan'' is a book by Hazara poet and journalist Kamran Mir Hazar. The book is written in the Dari language, and is the first book to explore the systematic suppression of free speech in Afghanistan that has been a feature o ...

'' is published by

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's IP Plans e-Books. This book was written in the Dari language, it is the first book to explore the systematic suppression of free speech in

that has been a feature of its ruling authorities for hundreds of years. Kamran Mir Hazar himself was detained twice, threatened by security agents in Afghanistan. The Kabul Press website is also blocked and banned in Afghanistan and

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. Kabul Press is accessible only via

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s in Afghanistan. It can be reached indirectly from Iran and Afghanistan for those who use government internet service.

Literary work

Kamran Mir Hazar has published two

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collections. The first one's name is ''Ketab e Mehr'' and the second one is làhne tonde àsbi dàr ezlâye pàrvâneh shodàn. He has published also a book titled Reading and Writing which is on

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and new generation of Afghanistan

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. He has attended to several international literary events such as Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam Netherland and the International Poetry Festival of Medellin, Colombia. Kamran Mir Hazar has established ''Raha Pen'' in 2002. in July 2012, a collection of Kamran Mir Hazar's poetries have been translated and published in

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. This collection is titled Chorro De Ciervos. Book Stream of Deer which is an English version of his poems published in 2014. In 2014, a

poetry anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...

and a collaborative poem titled

published by Kamran Mir Hazar. 125 poets from 68 countries have contributed to this book.

Journalistic work

Literary work

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