User:Blue Blood Mirage/Nasrat Esmaty

Nasrat Esmaty was born in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 27. When he was 7 yrs old, his family fleed to Peshawar, Pakistan due to Soviet invasion. Nasrat went to Afghan school in Pakistan and studied until he graduated (class 12) in 1999. Although he was working while he was a student, he never let that affect his studies. He was getting +A in most of the school subjects and was given numerous awards for securing first position in the class.

He went on to teach ESL for four years from 1997 to 2000. In 2000, he started working as an HR/Admin person for International Medical Corps (IMC). In 2001, he found a job at the US Embassy in Kabul as Economic/Commercial Assistant and repatriated to Afghanistan. As he puts it, "It was a challenging experience because it was too demanding and at the same time very risky considering Kabul’s situation. It was a dream-come-true job because I could see the effect of my work in everyday life of an average Afghan citizen as my section was helping Afghan businessmen and women".

However, education was always on his mind, which he was after, but still couldn’t achieve. Studying abroad, especially in the United States, was a great dream that he never wanted to get shattered. As he puts it, "My job was an excellent one, but I couldn’t give up my goal for a job. Luckily, he got admission at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton and completed a degree in liberal arts in 2009". he is a jerk. After finishing college in America, he got a job at Mount Madonna Center (MMC) in California in 2010 as a Field Officer. After working for a short time at MMC, he realized he could be of better service for his own Afghans, so he returned to Afghanistan and started working at Human Rights Research & Advocacy Consortium (HRRAC) as Communication Officer, Research Consultant and later on as its Deputy Director.

However, as he always aspired to be a writer, that job wasn't enough. He was lucky enough to hear a real life story and base his novel on it. He quit his job and is currently away working hard on promoting his novel. He has only taken a couple of writing assignments as a Publishing Consultant for a couple of international firms. His hobbies include cricket, chess, event planning, working out/exercising, traveling and internet surfing. He speaks Pashto, Dari, English, and Urdo and understands Hindi, Punjabi and a little bit of Arabic and Spanish.

Some of his writings can be found at:

http://afghanadvocacy.org.af/englishweb/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=14 http://afghanadvocacy.org.af/englishweb/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=5

His novel's page can be accessed at: www.facebook.com/bbmirage