Najaf mazari biography templates

  • Najaf Mazari arrived in Australia as a 'boat person' with other Afghan asylum seekers in 2001.
  • The rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif / a memoir of Najaf Mazari written with Robert Hillman.
  • After learning the skills of rugmaking at age 12, when, after the death of his father, Najaf's oldest brother became the head of the household and school was.

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    Bib ID:
    3990423
    Format:
    Book
    Author:
    Mazari, Najaf, 1971-
    Description:
    • Elsternwick, Vic. : Insight Publications, 2008
    • 262 p., [4] p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
    ISBN:
    9781921088551
    Summary:

    The Rug-maker of Mazar-e-Sharif is a memoir of Najaf Mazari, an Afghani refugee who travelled to Australia, was detained in Woomera detention centre, went through various trials to gain permanent residency in Australia and eventually opened a rug shop in Prahran, Melbourne, which he still operates today. Najafs story is written by Robert Hillman.

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    Other authors/contributors:
    Hillman, Robert, 1948-
    Copyright:

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    The Rugmaker of Mazar e Sharif

    Mazari fled upheaval in Afghanistan in 2001 and made his way to Australia, where he now lives with wife, Hakeema, and his daughter, Maria. He is a successful businessman with a shop in Melbourne’s antique precinct, selling traditional Afghan rugs. He is deeply involved in creating a better climate for asylum-seekers in Australia and in charity activities that provide medical and educational assistance to some of the poorest villages in Afghanistan. Each year, Najaf sponsors an Afghan Evening of traditional song, dance and cuisine that highlights the achievements of Afghans in Australia. Najaf’s first book (The Rug Maker) was on the VCE book list for 3 years, which then got extended for another 3 years. Najaf was nominated for Australian of the Year Awards 2014 and also has had a portrait entered into the Archibald by artist Phillip Howe.

    Robert Hillman’s memoir, The Boy in the Green Suit, won the Australian National Biography Award for 2004. His 20

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    Bib ID:
    8065993
    Format:
    Book
    Author:
    Mazari, Najaf, 1971-, author
    Online Access:
    National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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    Access Conditions:
    National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library Victoria
    Description:
    • ©2010
    • Melbourne, Victoria : Wild Dingo Press, [2010]
    • 1 online resource.
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    ISBN:
    9780980757033 (EPUB)
    Summary:

    The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif traces an Afghan refugee's extraordinary journey - from his early life as a herde boy in the mountains of nordlig Afghanistan, to his forced exile after being captured and tortured by the Taliban, to incarceration in an Australian detention centre ... and finally, to freedom.

    Subject:
    Other authors/contributors:
    Hillman, Robert, 1948-, author
    Copyright:

    In Copyright

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