Hafizullah Emadi is a development consultant for Focus Humanitarian Assistance

Focus Humanitarian Assistance

Focus Humanitarian Assistance is an international group of agencies established in Europe, North America and South Asia to complement the provision of emergency relief, principally in the developing world...

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He was born in the Shibar District, Bamiyan

Bamiyan

Bamyan , also spelt Bamiyan and Bamian, at an altitude of about 9,200 feet and with a population of about 61,863, is the largest town in the region of Hazarajat in central Afghanistan and the capital of Bamyan Province. It lies approximately 240 kilometres north-west of Kabul, the national capital...

 Province of Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. Most recently, he lives in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 and works in Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii-Manoa, Emadi taught in the University of Hawaii system, joined the East-West Center's International Relations Program as a Fellow in 1990 and was awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 1999.

He has written books and articles on Islamic and Middle Eastern politics and culture. He also monitored the Afghanistan elections in 2004.

Works

• Repression, Resistance, and Women in Afghanistan
• Politics of the Dispossessed: Superpowers and Developments in the Middle East
• Cultures and Customs of Afghanistan
• Dynamics of Political Development in Afghanistan: The British, Russian, and American Invasions

Shorter Works

• Rebuilding Afghanistan Five Years After the Collapse of the Taliban, Contemporary Review
  Contemporary Review
  -Foundation:It was founded in 1866 by Alexander Strahan and a group of intellectuals anxious to promote intelligent and independent opinion about the great issues of their day. They intended it to be the church-minded counterpart of the resolutely secular Fortnightly Review, which was founded by...
  
  288.1683 (Winter 2006), p. 430.