Nabi Misdaq

Dr. Nabi Misdaq is an author and a journalist in Afghanistan.^[1] He was the founder and head of the Pashto Section at BBC World Service in the early 1980s.^[2]

Origins and education

Misdaq is originally from the Zazi tribe of Pashtuns, in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan. He went to the United Kingdom on a scholarship in the early 1960's. Misdaq has a BS.c. Hon. from London School of Economics in London University and M.A. and Ph.D. from Sussex University. He has written several books ("Afghanistan", Routledge, 2003), academic papers in English. Recently he finished a Pashto-English dictionary which is due to be published. In the meantime, he is writing a book which contains Afghan jokes translated into English. He is also the author of many articles widely for Afghan exile press in both Pashto and Dari (Persian) over the years.

Career

Screen shot of Nabi Misdaq being shown on Al Jazeera news channel in 2009

Dr. Misdaq worked for the BBC World Service at Bush House throughout the 1980's and 1990's, where he founded the Pashto Section, and broadcasted regularly, becoming one of the most well-known voices in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He twice interviewed the exiled Afghan King Zahir Shah in Italy.

Sources

• Misdaq, Nabi - Afghanistan: Political Frailty and External Interference ISBN 978-0415470247
• Fields, Rona M. - Martyrdom: The Psychology, Theology, and Politics of Self-Sacrifice ISBN 978-0275979935
• Maley, William - The Afghanistan Wars ISBN 978-0333802915
• Rais, Rasul Bakhsh - War without Winners: Afghanistan's Uncertain Transition after the Cold War ISBN 978-0195775358

References

1. ^ "US wary of Pak spy agency: VOA". Daily Times. August 9, 2008. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C09%5Cstory_9-8-2008_pg7_14. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 
2. ^ Corporation, British Broadcasting (1984-04). The Listener. British Broadcasting Corporation.. http://books.google.com/books?id=rNdBAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 

External links

• http://www.dgroups.org/groups/worldbank/FMG/index.cfm?op=dsp_showmsg&listname=FMG&msgid=389521&cat_id=13235
• http://heartofasia.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/father-of-yoshi-phd/

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