Director of Photography at Polka(print+gallery+factory), Paris, since 2008.Journalist interested in world and current affairs and would therefore welcome commissions for any interesting reportage assignments.PHOTO & PRESS SINCE 2000 IN AFGHANISTAN AND FRANCE• Director and Editor in Chief of Aina photo agency, Kabul, www.ainaphoto.org. Training Afghan photographers in photojournalism. Editor and sales manager for Aina photo agency. Fund-raising and promotional work at the international photojournalism festival Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan and at the 1st Photo-World contest in Dubai (from Sept. 2004 to Dec.2006)• Trained Afghan journalists and covered the first Afghan presidential elections for Aina & organised photo exhibition « The Election through Afghan eyes » (from Sept. 2004 to Dec. 2006)• Editor in chief for the first bi-lingual feature magazine in Afghanistan, New Afghanistan-Les Nouvelles de Kaboul. Executive editor in chief for a special edition “Five years later” - the departure of Taliban from Kabul. The magazine received the special prize from the jury of the Syndicat de la Presse Magazine et d’Information (SPMI) in France in 2007• Editor in chief of Webistan photo agency, Paris (Set up by National Geographic photo-reporter Reza (from Dec. 2003 to Sept. 2004) MANAGEMENT • Deputy country director and head of communications Aina Kabul, a media NGO in Afghanistan (from May 2005 to Dec. 2006). Managed team of 150 workers, proposal writing, fundraising with international donors (FreeVoice, Fredskorpset, Drik...), and liaised with Afghan & International partners. Initiating new projects and setting up first bi-lingual feature magazine New Afghanistan-Les Nouvelles de KaboulLANGUAGESFrench: Fluent, mother tongue – English: Good written and spokenSpanish: good levelSpecialties: Journalist, Reporter, Photo editor, Curator, Photographer, Photography, Photojournalism, Manager, Communication, Bringing people together