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Expatriates discuss rebuilding Afghanistan Sarah H. Wright, News Office February 27, 2002 Congressman Barney Frank, D-Mass., offered the Society of Afghan Engineers moral support and fund raising suggestions at an MIT conference on rebuilding Afghanistan on Feb. 8. Frank said to the professional group of 40 Afghan expatriates, including two alumni of the School of Architecture and Planning--Najim M. Azadzoi (S.M. 1984 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2002/afghanistan-0227.html Afghanistan, ReBuilding Friday, 8 February 2002 Room 7-338 - Stella Room, MIT Special Interest Group in Urban Settlement Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning Cambridge, Massachusetts The workshop will explore reconstruction from the eyes of Afghan professionals trained in the United States, and focus on the establishment of an advisory interface between the new government of Afghanistan and development agencies. http://www.afghan-engineers.org/BrochureAfghanFeb4_02.pdf Special Interest Group in Urban Settlements: SIGUS Workshops Kabul Squatter Settlement Replanning Reinhard Goethert Mon Jan 27 thru Fri Jan 31, 01:30-05:00pm, 1-132, 1/23/02 3-5pm,1-150 Najim Azadzoi, from Society of Afghan Engineers will be the main resource and UN-Habitat,will provide background material. http://web.mit.edu/iap/www/iap04/searchiap/fs-4-23.html D A V I S M U S E U M A N D C U L T U R A L C E N T E R FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday Mar 27 7pm Collins Cinema Reconstruction in Afghanistan Najim Azadzoi, Dr. Connie Chow, Amnesty International USA; Dr. Westy Egmont, International Institute of Boston; Joung-ah Paula Ghedini, U.N. High Commission for Refugees, former government official in Afghanistan will discuss international policy on repatriation, economic and human rights challenges facing refugees, and the impact of repatriation and rebuilding in Afghanistan. http://www.wellesley.edu/DavisMuseum/whatsnew/pdf/FS%20ElecPress%20Release.pdf University of Massachusetts Boston, USA College of Public and Community Service Notes on Keynote speakers Najim Azadzoi founded Azad Architects in 1993. Received his Master’s degree in Architecture from MIT in 1984 and his Bachelor degree in Architecture from Kabul University in 1979 http://www.rebuilding.umb.edu/rsci/Keynote_speaker_notes.pdf Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University A panel discussion follows featuring Najim Azadzoi, Kamar Habibi, Razia Jan, Wali Shairzay, Tahera Shairzay, Eve Lyman (Afghans for Civil Society), Karen Hirschfeld, Paul Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gould and Mary Lou Bigelow, who recently revisited Afghanistan. MIT Professor Reinhard Goethert will moderate. http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu/hpce_cahl_2003.html THE HERITAGE OF WAR Preserving the Cultural and National Heritages of Afghanistan Organizers: Philip L. Kohl (USA), Rita Wright (USA) The Plight of Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage: Picking Up the Pieces Presenters: Juliette van Krieken-Pieters: Najim Azadzoi Sanjyot Mehendale Deborah Klimburg-Salter Pryzbyla http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/wac5/Final_prog/program.pdf Panel on Security- 2004 Harvard International Development Conference April16-18 Friday, April 16 2004 – Sunday, April 18 2004 “Back to the Basics: Restoring Security by Revitalizing Local Communities” The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University “Back to Basics in action: Kabul” Workshop on Sunday 18th, 2004 at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Featuring: Mr. Najim M. Azadzoi AIA, Principal, Azad Architects, Designers/Planners, Boston, USA Dr. Michael R. Goe, Animal Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland Mr. Earl Kessler, Deputy Executive Director, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand Mr. Charles Setchell, Urban Planning and Urban Disaster Mitigation Specialist, USAID, Washington D.C. Moderated by Dr. Reinhard K. Goethert, Director, MIT Special Interest Group in Urban Settlements (SIGUS), Cambridge, USA http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/peace-announce/2004-April/000386.html |
Kabul and the National Urban Vision An International Conference September 21-24, 2002 Coordinator: N Azadzoi The Society of Afghan Engineers in the USA requested His Excellency H. Karzai, President of the TIS of Afghanistan to organize a Conference. Organizers: Ministry of Urban Developing and Housing, Kabul Municipality, Society of Afghan Engineers, and Japan Society of Civil Engineers Expatriates discuss Rebuilding Afghanistan, MIT, Feb. 27, 2002 Congressman Barney Frank, D-Mass., offered the Society of Afghan Engineers moral support and fund raising suggestions at an MIT conference on rebuilding Afghanistan on Feb. 8. Frank said to the professional group of 40 Afghan expatriates, including two alumni of the School of Arch |
Hamid Karzai gave the opening speech at this Conference |
Over 300 Professional from all the world participated |
Dean of MIT School of Architecture, Cong. Barney Frank , N Azadzoi standing |
A Housing Workshop in Lecee Istiqlal, Kabul |