Aziz Royesh
Aziz Royesh | |
|---|---|
| عزیز رویش | |
| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Education | Elementary formal schooling; titular diplomas |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, social activist, writer |
| Political party | lighting movement |
| Awards | Yale World Fellows Program 2010 and Natuonal Endowment For Democracy (NED) 2011 |
Azizullah Royesh (commonly known as Aziz Royesh, Template:Lang-fa) is a Hazara, social activist, teacher and writer from Afghanistan.
Biography
Aziz Royesh was born in 1969 in Fazel Baig, Kabul, Afghanistan. He attended school until age 10, then travelled to Ghazni Province before he moved to Quetta, Pakistan alone at age 11. Because Royesh had no family in Quetta, he worked in tailor shops, bakeries, and small factories to support himself. He was unable to continue his formal education, but continued to study what he could by himself outside work.
At the age of 16, he returned to Afghanistan and established five schools in Ghazni province. With the reemergence of the Taliban in 1994, he returned to Pakistan and established the Marefat High School for Afghanistani Refugees in Pakistan. After the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Marefat High School was transferred to Kabul's Dashte Barchi while a branch in Pakistan remained open.[1]
The Marefat School and Royesh are the subjects of a non-fiction book, "The Last Thousand" (2016) by American author Jeffrey E. Stern.
Best Teacher in the World
In 2015 he was nominated the Best Teacher of the Year in the world.[2][3]
Publications
- The book in Dari language, Template:Lang-prs[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Azizullah Royesh – The Global Teacher Prize". The Global Teacher Prize. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Afghan teacher Azizullah Royesh a top contender to win 2015 Global Teacher Prize". Afghan Zariza. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Coughlan, Sean (13 February 2015). "Dancing scientist in teacher prize". BBC News. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "کتاب "بگذار نفس بکشم" رونمایی شد |". 8am.af. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
