Who was Professor Rasul Amin?

Professor Rasul Amin was a renowned Afghan politician, social figure, writer and former education minister. He was born on May 10, 1939 in a cultural diversity area, Wata Pur District of eastern Kunar Province and was raised as an orphan, because his mother died when he was 5 years old. These early hardships helped form a resilient and positive attitude. He received a BA in 1964 and a Double Masters Degree in Sociology, English and Political Science in 1966. From 1980 to 1985 he worked with the National Islamic Front of Pir Sayed Ahmad Gillani in Peshawar. On 21 March 1985, Rasul established the Writer's Union of Free Afghanistan, which, as the AIC, was supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany), USIS, the Asia Foundation (USA), and the Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Denmark). Like the AIC, it became a renowned institution that - amongst other activities - collected documents on the Afghan resistance, one of the few to do so. He was one of the great politicians and a well known scholar of Afghanistan, who dedicated his life to his country, fellow citizens and the hope of a united Afghanistan. He has written many books and magazine articles about the literature, culture and sociology of Afghanistan. We have looked back at his life and career and have a full report that you can listen to here.

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