Refugees, humanitarians
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Atta Arghandiwal, Co-Director,
The Global Kindness Revolution.
Photo Courtesy of Attamoves
Atta Arghandiwal
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Founder and Director of Afghans Building Alliances for Humanitarian Development (ABAHD). 

From ABAHD.org: 
ABAHD is a nonprofit organization that aims to help Afghans in the United States and beyond. We are serving as a bridge to connect Afghan refugees with local resources. ​

From Attamoves.com: 
First-generation Afghan American, humanitarian, author, motivational speaker, life coach, and former financial services professional. A former refugee, he was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, but has spent over half of his life in the west, residing in the Bay Area, CA.  

The Self-Sufficient Global Citizen: A Guide for Responsible Families and Communities​. 

Immigrant Success Planning: A Family Resource Guide

Lost Decency: The Untold Afghan Story

With deep passion and pride in his heritage and journey, Atta wrote his first memoir “Lost Decency” (The Untold Afghan Story), winner of the First Year Benjamin Franklin Book Award. 

He is also the Co-Director for The Global Kindness Revolution. ​

​For more information visit Attamoves.com and ABAHD.org.
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IN MEMORIUM: Dr. Henrik Eger (1941-2021)
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Dr. Henrik Eger and his cocker spaniel Niko in January 2020.
Bilingual writer, author of articles, books, interviews, poems, reviews, stories, and dramas.
 
Born and raised in Germany. Ph.D. in English, University of Illinois, Chicago (Dissertation: Writer Perception, Writer Projection: The Influence of Personality, Ideology, and Gender on Letters of Recommendation).
 
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize mail translator (German to English, at MLK's office, Southern Christian Leadership Conference--headquarter of the American civil rights movement--Atlanta, GA, May 1965).
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For more information visit Drama Around the Globe. 
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