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Muzafar Ali | Hazara People | January 10, 2011

Muzafar Ali

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.

Muzafar Ali

Hazara Faces

A group of friends from Qarghanatu Valley, Bamyan Center, Bamyan
A cute Hazara girl, Sana with gray eyes. I really could not believe she is Hazara. She is from Bamyan.
Children going on daily work in Siah Sang Village, Behsood 1 District, Maidan Province.
A farmer\’s son in Bamyan Center
A Hazara farmer from Behsood working on others land in Bamyan Center
A Hazara carpenter in Bamyan Bazaar
A boy on his cart in Bamyan Bazaar
Children from Kawmai Village, Kitti District, Daikundi
Kababi at a restaurant in Siah Sang Village, Behsood 1 District, Maidan Province
An old man sitting Bamyan Bazaar. He was really thankful to me when I showed him his pictures

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11 comments

  1. yazdankhan

    i read the story the story was for me very interseted iam happy you working for your nation good luke

  2. mustafa mustafa_talash200*@yahoo.com

    proud of u bisiar ayli

  3. zahra

    i konw that cute Hazara girl, but we should believe she is hazara nodoubt. thank you

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. hamid

    we proud of you brother keep going on

  7. Liaquat Ali

    Well done Muzafar jan. Salute your efforts for presenting the hazara of Afghanistan to the world.

  8. ahad turkmani dalil

    I read and swalowed your post on jan.10th, and was touching. be brave, you could do a lot.

  9. 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.

  10. abdullah alizada

    proud of you my brother….

  11. Arif Jafer

    Proud of you berar