Mr Aziz Ahmad Hakimi
BSc (Mumbai), Dip (Cape Town), MA (KCL)
Overview
Violence, Peace and Development Research Cluster
Research Cluster Member
- Name:
- Mr Aziz Ahmad Hakimi
- Email address:
- 501282@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title:
- Between Assumptions and Practices: Negotiating Statehood in Contemporary Afghanistan
- Year of Study:
- Year of Entry 2010
Internal Supervisors
External Supervisors
Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS Emeritus Professor)
Biography
Aziz Hakimi is former Director of a non-profit NGO Future Generations in Afghanistan. At the Constitution Commission of Afghanistan, he organized nation-wide public education campaigns in support of the Constitutional Loya Jirga, which adopted the country’s new Constitution. He has worked as policy advisor for President Karzai of Afghanistan and as Human Rights Advisor with the United Nations in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Before joining Future Generations, Aziz Hakimi was Executive Director of The Killid Group, a non-profit publishing, broadcasting and distribution organization based in Kabul. He was educated in India and South Africa and holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict, Security and Development from King’s College London.
