Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam

Mohammad Shafiq "Hamdam" is a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee social activist, writer and analyst. He has over 15 years of progressive working experience with the civil society organizations, NATO, UN projects, media, NGOs, academic institutions and private firms. He is an expert in security, strategic communication, political and international affairs. He worked with senior international policymakers on governance, political and development affairs. He works as a Deputy Senior Advisor to The President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on UN Affairs. He is the founder of Afghan Anti-Corruption Network, Anti-Corruption Watch Organization and a co-founder of the Afghan Women Coalition Against Corruption. Hamdam is a fellow of Hiroshima Peace Building Center of Japan, a fellow of Asia Society of Asia 21 Young Leaders, a member of Young Leaders Forum at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and a senior research fellow of Civil Vision International. He is also a member of the United Nation Coalition Against Corruption. He is a graduate of Nangarhar Institute of Health Sciences, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and Executive Education of John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He holds a Master of National Security Affairs from The Institute of World Politics. Hamdam is an author of academic and opinion editorials and a commentator. He writes for few international journals, leading Afghan media outlets and some of his articles translated into major languages including Spanish, Arabic, French, German and Russian. He is passion for mentoring the policies, modernization and rapid changes around the world and keen to contribute to the goals of socioeconomic progress. He is married to Khushi Hamdam and they have a son and a daughter.