Sayed Askar Mousavi ( prs, سید عسکر موسوی) is a writer and novelist from
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 ...
. He is the author of ''
The Hazaras of Afghanistan'' published on January 29, 2009 by
Cambridge University
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Sayed Askar Mousavi was born in 1956 in a family belonging to the
Hazara ethnic group in
Karte Sakhi area of
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 ...
,
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 ...
He was educated at the
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
(BA Development Studies, 1987) and
St Antony's College, Oxford (MLitt; Ph.D.). Sayed Askar Mousavi was a prominent figure in the "cultural struggle" of the
Afghan Mujahideen in Iran during the
Russian occupation. He was the main writer and editor of a few publications, including ''Saaf'', and ''Jawali''.
See also
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List of Hazara people
Hazara people make up the second or third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan with 8–12 million population, making 20%–25% of the total population of Afghanistan (Some suggest the real population might reach 30%) where they mainly inhabit the ...
References
Living people
1956 births
Hazara writers
Hazara historians
Hazara people
People from Kabul
Alumni of the University of East Anglia
Alumni of St Antony's College, Oxford
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