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Current Position: Journalist and co-founder of www.afghanwire.com.        

Speaking in: Fourth Week, Hilary 2010 (additional seminar)
Speaking (with Alex Strick van Linschoten) on: Life with the Taliban: The Inside View from Kandahar

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Felix Kuehn travelled to Afghanistan first some 5 years ago, having spent several years in the Middle East including just short of a year in Yemen, where he first learnt Arabic in 2002.  In 2006, he founded AfghanWire.com together with Alex Strick van Linschoten.  He is currently working on a history of southern Afghanistan 1970-2001 together with Alex Strick van Linschoten.

He speaks Arabic, English and German and can get by in French and Spanish.  He hopes to be able to say the same about Pashtu soon.  Felix holds a degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies (BA Arabic and Development Studies), and lives permanently in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

 

(Current as of February 2010)
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 April 2010 )
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