Shafie Ayar

Shafie Ayar (born 1961) is an Afghan American activist and author.
Ayar is the author of five books: Hamasa-e-Eman, Paqnjal Hae-e-Khoneen, Nawrooze tan Behrooz, Afghanistan - Jihad and Peace, and Afghan Hearts & Minds.
John Iwasaki, in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, wrote that Ayar was critical of the Afghan regime: "With Karzai able to appoint one-third of the upper house of the Afghan legislature, it's not democracy at all". Apart from the politics, wrote Iwasaki, Ayar saw Afghanistan in a poor state: "The roads were potholed even on streets in front of the Capitol", Ayar said, while "The only eggs he saw for sale were trucked in from Pakistan and Iran".<ref name=SeattlePI /> And while the Soviets had long gone (since 1989), "Twenty years is enough time for people to have chicken farms".<ref name=SeattlePI /> Shafie Ayar currently has a show on YouTube which talks about Islam and Politics.
Bibliography
* Afghan Hearts & Minds by Shafie Ayar. Crown Oak Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-61215-022-2

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