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'''Ibrahim Waheed "Ogaru"

also Ibrahim Waheed "Kalaavehi"'''

Prominent public figure from the Maldives, educator, writer, poet, artist, TV personality, musician and public figure. Some call him a rare Maldivian polymath.

Born in 1960 in Male', Maldives, Mr. Ibrahim Waheed was educated in the Maldives, in Lebanon and the UK. He has traveled extensively and represented the Maldives at many international worksops, seminars and conferences.

Mr. Waheed has held numerous teaching positions. Some of his students are today very famous people in their own right.Today he is the Director General of Academic Affairs at Cyryx Computer Training Center.

Mr.Waheed was once news anchor and program presenter at Television Maldives and still holds the record for the longest ever satellite link commentary during one SAARC summit.He has also trained many anchors and presenters including most of the current anchors at TVM.

Mr. Waheed was also one of the first Maldivians ever to have had longer (novella-length) works of fiction published in the English language.He has and continues to write to magazines and periodicals in the Maldives and abroad.

Mr.Waheed was also the Chairperson of Brown's Movie Society that produced Maldives' first ever video movie in collaboration with MMH (Mohamed Mustafa Hussain).

Mr.Waheed was also the maker of the Maldives' first ever lap steel guitar. He is also famous for his 'soccer' songs, including the famous song Goldcommemorating 50 years of soccer in the Maldives.

Mr.Waheed also recorded the first ever multi-track music in the Maldives along with Saikuraa Ahmed Naeem.

Mr.Waheed is also co-founder of Maldives' most active environmental NG, "Ecocare".

Coincidentally, Mr. Waheed is the Deputy Minister of Finance and Treasury of the Maldives, but prefers to call himself an artist.He prefers not to mention various assignments including committee memberships etc., his stint as a the first ever Official Government Spokesman the Maldives ever had, etc.