Khorshied Samad a travaillé le plus récemment comme correspondante de la télevision et chef du bureau de Fox News Channel, et auparavant, pour ABC News en Afghanistan et à New York. Elle s’implique dans plusieurs projets qui offrent un soutien aux femmes afghanes: Le ArteZan Designs Project a mis sur pied un atelier de fabrication de foulards de soie pour assurer une source de revenus aux femmes. Il offre aussi des cours aux femmes illettrées (www.artezandesigns.com). La Fondation Artists for Afghanistan Foundation amasse des fonds pour de nombreux projets culturels et éducatifs et fait la promotion des arts et de l’artisanat afghan (www.artists-for-afghanistan.org). Ms. Samad a une Maitrise en communication de l’Université d’Ottawa; sa thèse traite des liens entre les femmes, les médias et la démocracie. Elle est mariée avec Omar Samad, l’ambassadeur afghan au Canada.

خورشيد صمد اخيرأ به حيث خبرنگار و آمر دفتر کابل شبکهء خبری تلويزون ،و قبل از آن برای ABC News در کابل و نيويارک کار می کرد. او مشغول يکتعداد زياد پروژه ها برای تقويه و پشتيبانی زنان افغان است: The ArteZan DesignsProjectبه زنان افغان در پهلوی آموختن روزمره سواد، می آموزاند که از دست دوزی دستمال های ابريشمين عايد حاصل نمايند) www.artzandesigns.com ؛Artists for Afghanistan Foundation بنياد هنرمندان افغانستان برای پروژه های فرهنگی ، تعليمی، هنر و صنايع دستی افغانستان کمک مالی جمع می نمايند www.artists-for-afghanistan.org.خانم صمد در جريان اخذ ماستری خود در Communication درپوهنتون اوتاوا می باشد، کار تحقيقی وی پيرامون زنان افغان، اطلاعات جمعی و دموکراسی می باشد. او متاهل بوده و خانم آقای عمر صمد سفير دولت افغانستان در کانادا می باشد

Before moving to Canada, Ms. Samad was the television correspondent and Kabul Bureau Chief for Fox News Channel in Afghanistan for nearly three years. Prior to working for Fox News she worked for ABC News in Kabul and New York. During her time there, she became involved in various projects helping to support Afghan women with sustainable income and literacy training. The ArteZan Designs Project founded in Kabul in 2004 is one example where Afghan women are hand-weaving silk shawls for income while receiving daily literacy classes, helping them to learn employable skills and become self-sufficient citizens.

The Artists for Afghanistan Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, was created by Ms. Samad in 2000 with the aim of raising funds for cultural and educational projects in Afghanistan, helping Afghan women and children with literacy, and promoting Afghan arts and crafts. www.artists-for-afghanistan.org

In 1999, Ms. Samad collaborated on a fundraising CD with Grammy-Award winner, George Winston, to help raise awareness about the plight of Afghan women under the oppressive Taliban regime. "Not Forgotten: Songs for the people of Afghanistan" was released in 2000, and was featured in an ABC Prime Time special with Diane Sawyer, and at a special United Nations benefit honoring the work of Secretary General Kofi Annan. http://cdbaby.com/cd/khorshiedmachalle

Ms. Samad has a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) in World Arts and Cultures from UCLA, and a Master of Arts degree ( summa cum laude) in Communication from the University of Ottawa. She is married to H.E. Omar Samad, the Afghanistan Ambassador to Canada. They have two baby boys, born in Ottawa in 2006 and 2008.

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