Muzafar Ali | Hazara People | January 10, 2011
I was born in Uruzgan in 1986, in ethnic Hazara family. Our entire family migrated to Pakistan when I was a child. The main aim of my father was to establish a new life, away from instability/insecurity and feed and educate us.
Playing, watching and reading football was my main hobby. We inherited hobby of hiking from our father too who was also a shepherd in his childhood in Uruzgan. I started assisting my father at his shop. In 2000 I started working as a plumber where I earned 2,000 Rupees (approximately 250) in a year. My eldest brother encouraged me to take computer and English Language classes. While working as plumber, I also learned English Language and kept playing football. During free time, pencil sketching was another hobby of me.
I made a nervous return to Afghanistan in 2004 when my brothers and uncle encouraged me to come to Kabul. I was impatient to work and to assist my parents for running our home. I got good friends in Bamyan’s UN’s football team. They helped me to get a job in UNDP on 2005. My life’s turning point came on April 2007 when I joined United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I could buy my first ever camera (Sony CyberShot) on the same year, and intensely photographed Central Highlands during my trips to the remote and isolated areas. My photos were liked by my colleagues and organization.
The demand of my work in UN needed sacrifice of my passion for football. Photography was new hobby for me and I kept working on.
UNAMA organized photo joint photo exhibition of my friend and former colleague, Ali Asghar on 2008. The exhibition was about “Life in Hazaristan” and travelled across Afghanistan.
Another joint photo exhibition was organized by South Korean international organization “Serving the Nations” in Seoul and other Korean cities on 2009.
Hazara Faces
yazdankhan
i read the story the story was for me very interseted iam happy you working for your nation good luke
mustafa mustafa_talash200*@yahoo.com
proud of u bisiar ayli
zahra
i konw that cute Hazara girl, but we should believe she is hazara nodoubt. thank you
havva sadeqi
Thank you so much for Beautiful picture of my daughter sana, kindly send to me other pictures of my daughter , i hope you are good luck in the life , again thanks.
Pessimstc Mil
I am really proud of you brother. Thanks for sharing a brief self biography of yourself. You give encouragement to new generations to think and take initiative like yourself by showing an example of yourself. Always wish all the best of luck to you and all that concern you. May prosperity always be with you.
hamid
we proud of you brother keep going on
Liaquat Ali
Well done Muzafar jan. Salute your efforts for presenting the hazara of Afghanistan to the world.
ahad turkmani dalil
I read and swalowed your post on jan.10th, and was touching. be brave, you could do a lot.
Alii ShafqatYar
I am speechless brother. I thought my life was full of struggles, but You deserve more than you have now. Wish you every success and prosperity in the future. Keep it UP mate.
abdullah alizada
proud of you my brother….
Arif Jafer
Proud of you berar