Abdul Hadi Dawai

Abdul Hadi Dawi ( 1894 – 1982) was an Afghan poet, diplomat and government official. His poetry was published under his pen name, Pareshan (worried).

Biography Abdul Hadi Dawi was born to a Daavi Afghan family in 1894 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He graduated from Habibia High School in 1912. In 1919, Mahmud Tarzi turned over the editorship of Siraj al-Akhbar to him. Under Dawi's editorship, the name of the paper was changed to Aman-i Afghan (Afghan Peace).

In 1922, he was appointed as first ever Afghan Ambassador to London. From 1925 until his resignation in 1928, he served as a Minister of Commerce. After his resignation, he was again appointed as the Afghan Ambassador to London where he served from 1929 until 1931. He was imprisoned from 1933 until 1946 as a supporter of Amanullah Khan.

In 1950, Dawi was elected to the Afghan parliament and was appointed as the speaker of the House for term 1949–1951.

Abdul Hadi died in 1982 in Kabul.