Karim Khoram
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Abdul Karim Khoram (born 1963) is the current Minister of Culture, Information, Tourism and Youth Affairs of Afghanistan
in the cabinet of Hamid Karzai
.
in 1963 to a Pashtun
family. He completed his primary and secondary education in Kabul City and was then admitted to Polytechnical University of Kabul
in 1982. However, he was imprisoned for three years by the communist regime because of his involvement in anti-communist activities. Therefor, he was not able to complete his higher educations at the Polytechnical University of Kabul. In order to complete his higher education, Khoram left for Paris
, France
in 1991, where he received a masters degree in International law and Diplomacy. While he was still in Paris, Khoram received a second masters degree in Export Law. Afterwards, he served as a professor and expert on Eastern Languages at several French Universities for some time.
sign on the ministry's building and now has it only in Pashto (Persian and Pashto are the two official languages of Afghanistan). On February 10, 2008, he suspended three journalists for five days and fined them five days pay for using the Persian word for university ("daneshgah") instead of the Pashto word ("pohantoon") in their Persian articles.
Khoram also scrapped initial plans to make the Afghan National Radio and Television into a public service run by an independent board. Now, he runs the service.
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...
in the cabinet of Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...
.
Biography
Abdul Karim Khoram was born in Kabul ProvinceKabul Province
Kābul , situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul City, which is also Afghanistan's capital. The population of Kabul province is 3.5 million people as of 2009, of which almost 80 percent live in the urban areas...
in 1963 to a Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
family. He completed his primary and secondary education in Kabul City and was then admitted to Polytechnical University of Kabul
Polytechnical University of Kabul
Kabul Polytechnic is a university located in Kabul, Afghanistan and was established in 1963 in Karte Mamourin area beside the Intercontinental Hotel...
in 1982. However, he was imprisoned for three years by the communist regime because of his involvement in anti-communist activities. Therefor, he was not able to complete his higher educations at the Polytechnical University of Kabul. In order to complete his higher education, Khoram left for Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1991, where he received a masters degree in International law and Diplomacy. While he was still in Paris, Khoram received a second masters degree in Export Law. Afterwards, he served as a professor and expert on Eastern Languages at several French Universities for some time.
Political and work life
Abdul Karim Khoram is an active member of Gulbudin Hekmatyar's Hezb-e Islami. He was appointed as a "Minister of Culture, Information, Tourism and Youth Affairs" in May 2006.Controversy and criticism
Karim Khurram is regarded by many as a Pashtun nationalist. Subsequently after becoming minister, he removed the PersianPersian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
sign on the ministry's building and now has it only in Pashto (Persian and Pashto are the two official languages of Afghanistan). On February 10, 2008, he suspended three journalists for five days and fined them five days pay for using the Persian word for university ("daneshgah") instead of the Pashto word ("pohantoon") in their Persian articles.
Khoram also scrapped initial plans to make the Afghan National Radio and Television into a public service run by an independent board. Now, he runs the service.
External links
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/afghanistan/story/2008/02/080210_v-hn-farsi-language-punishment.shtml
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/afghanistan/story/2006/08/060830_ram-culture-iv.shtml
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/afghanistan/story/2007/01/070101_v-dn-khorram-iv.shtml
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/afghanistan/story/2008/02/080212_s-summon-of-khorram.shtml