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Aziz Royesh

b. 1969

Social activist, teacher and writer from Afghanistan.

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About Aziz Royesh

Born 1969. Aziz Royesh is a Pakistani teacher.

Azizullah Royesh (known as Aziz Royesh, ) is a Hazara, social activist, teacher and writer from Afghanistan.

Biography Aziz Royesh was born in 1969 in Fazel Baig, Kabul, Afghanistan. After leaving school at age 10, he travelled to Ghazni Province before moving 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. Unable to continue his formal education, he continued to study what he could on his own outside his 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 Afghan 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.

The Marefat School and Royesh are subjects of a non-fiction work, "The Last Thousand: One School's Promise in a Nation at War" (2016) by American writer Jeffrey E. Stern.

Best Teacher in the World In 2015 he was nominated the Best Teacher of the Year in the world.

Publications A book in Dari language,

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Awards
Natuonal Endowment For Democracy (NED) 2011; Yale World Fellows Program 2010
Also known as
Azizullah Royesh

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Aziz Royesh?

Social activist, teacher and writer from Afghanistan.

When was Aziz Royesh born?

Aziz Royesh was born on 15 November 1969 in Kabul.

What is Aziz Royesh's occupation?

Aziz Royesh is a teacher.

What nationality is Aziz Royesh?

Aziz Royesh is Pakistani.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Aziz Royesh

· Wikidata: Q29886435

· DBpedia: Aziz Royesh

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