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updated on april 02th, 2008
Mahmud Tarzi High School –MTHS-renovation programme starts in Hamall 1387/April,2008
Turkish Government
accepted the renovation project of MTHS. Renovation will start in
April,2008.
MTCF appreciates
the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s close interest to this project.
With this workshop, we believe there will be open doors to graduate
new Mahmud Tarzis from the lycee. MTCF will continue to support MTHS
in terms of qualitywork for the teachers, student exchange programmes
and scholarship programmes in foreign countries.
Below, is the
copy of the appreciation letter of Ministry of Education sent to mr.
Omer Tarzi.
Mahmud Tarzi High School renovate by Turkish Government
Dear Mr. Tarzi,
The Ministry of Education highly appreciates your kind support and
efforts in prompting Education Sector which is one of main priority
of our government.
We also appreciate your role in coordinating and facilitating the
efforts between the Ministry of Education and Turkish Government.
Your persistent efforts have brought both the nations further closer
in building the Education Sector in Afghanistan.
Through this letter the Ministry of Education is confirming the reconstruction
of Mahmood Tarzi High School which has been added to the plan of Turkish
Government.
Finally let me thank you once again for making Education a priority
and investing in it through your tireless efforts.
Best Regards,
Mohammad Haneef Atmar
Minister of Education
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
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updated on march 02th, 2008
"International Fashion
Lab" will take place between 13-15 March 08 at
Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, Turkiye.
The aim of this activity is the general education problems and earning the young girls and women to the community by developing their hand skill.
Within this interactive project, Idil Tarzi(founder member of MTCF and Fashion Designers Association) is cooperating with CATOM/multipurpose community centers/founded by GAP administrative presidency and UNDP.
The above mentioned social project is also the main aim of Kabul-Afghanistan centered Mahmud Tarzi Cultural Foundation. Foundation is helping the Afghan women to develop their handskill. Very near past, MTCF organized sewing courses in Kabul.
The aim is not collecting donations for these women but it is to arrange an interactive environment for these women to gain their self respect and financial security.
Our believe is to support this project with this meaninfull participation that will bring more power between two countries relations and two societies will close more each other. There is no doubt that this project also will help a new look for Afghan-Turk women for their future.
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updated on february 19th, 2008
MTCF 1386 annual meeting will be held in Istanbul on 17-18 March 2008 / 27-28 Hutt 1386.
The schedule and the programme of 75th Memorial Year
of Mahmud Tarzi will be discussed during the meeting. Anniversary
program will be begun on 23rd Aug.2008 in Kabul.
MTCF is planning to actualize a joint programme of Kabul University
Literature Faculty and Istanbul University Literature Faculty ( I.L.F.)during
the commemorative ceremony of Mahmut Tarzi. The Dean of (I L.F.)
has already accepted to attend the annual meeting with
the faculty proffessors. Programme will take place in Kabul on November,2008/
Kaus 1387.
Due to president Omer Tarzi's health problem the meeting was organized
in Istanbul.
H.E. dr.D.Spanta,minister of foreign affair and H.E. dr. Dadfar will
participate to the annual meeting and will give a speech. A large
crowd of respected Afghans, Danismends will also participate in this
meeting.
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updated on february 19th, 2008
Winter clothes handed out to the children.
120 pcs of winter clothes and additional usefull winter garments ,distributed to the poor children by MTCF coordinator ms. Malalai Wardak on the 11th February,2008/22 . Delwell,1386. These are mr. Zaher Surgul's donations.
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updated
on january 10th, 2008
Closing ceremony of the Sewing
Course has been done
on 31st dec.2007/Jadie 10, 1386
Mr. Aydin Temizer; Turkish commerce attache,
General Aziza; head of Pasp.dept and adviser to Women Ministry,MP
Fouzia Naseryar khanum,representatives of Women Ministry and a distinquished
crowd were participants in this ceremony.
At the end of the course 20 sewing machine delivered to each attendants
with a package of materials.
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updated
on december 15th,2007
Sewing & Tailoring Course for Women has been succeeded in Kabul City.
MTCF organized a course for Women with the help of Ministry of Women’s Affair, in Kabul on nov,17,2007 to dec, 17, 2007. Mahmud Tarzi Cultural Foundation collaborated this course with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. A total of 20 women will receive tailoring training for period of one month. Upon completion of training, each participant will receive a sewing machine and a package of materials which will enable them to start their own work.
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Press
release from MTCF HQ on 20th sept.2007,Kabul
Respect from President Karzai to Sardar Mahmud Tarzi
His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan chaired a meeting with mr. Omer Tarzi, president of Mahmud Tarzi Cultural Foundation, at Presidential Palace in Kabul. Meeting was scheduled for 20 minutes but lasted 40 minutes.
Meeting was very succesfull and they shared common issues and wished good future for MTCF. Issues emphasized included further economic and cultural cooperation for the foundation.
“Allama e Mahmud Tarzi was our hero who designed the draft showing how a nation must come together under one flag and one watan. He published his ideas in newspapers,books with his strong pen and people still follow him”said mr. President.
“You
are a very respected person to start such an important mission for
Afghanistan and in actualizing this mission.
Please ask me what you might need more for this mission and I am ready
to collaborate with all my administrators and the state members to
bring benefit to MTCF.
We are all very happy to hear and observe your successes and shall
always be with you” he added.
Mr Tarzi furnished explanations about MTCF works includes two main aims of the foundation, to the President . He said, “First one; the renovation of the Mahmut Tarzi Highschool. With this project the high school will be one of the perfect designed schools with modern equipments and will serve the Afghan youth. Secondly the building of Mahmut Tarzi Research Center . The intellectuals, writers, litterateurs and young generation to come and work in this compound. The center will include conference halls and seminar rooms .” and he added, “when we started this mission we were very happy to receive the general support of the country from the top to the simple taxi driver in the street.”
He also added that the foundation has already started the scholarship programme for two MTHS graduated students in Kabul University.
At the end of the meeting, Mr. Tarzi gifted to the President the MTCF gold medal and a hand made miniature carpet made by silk threads as a memory of this meeting, with the MTCF board of Founders appreciation.
The Minister of Culture and Chief Adviser of Culture of the State were also present at this meeting.
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updated on november 25th,2007
74 th of Sardar Mahmud Tarzi commemorative ceremony has been organised at Eyyub Sultan Cemetery , on 23 rd November 2007 by Mahmud Tarzi Cultural Foundation (MTCF).
MTCF President Mr.Omer Tarzi openned the ceremony with a short speech impliying the importancy of the day.
H.E. Azim Nasser-Zia, Consul General of Afghanistan to Istanbul also participated with Afghan intellectuals who are living in Turkiye to pay their obeisance. He made a speech about Mahmud Tarzi's personality and Prof.Turkolog mr. Kaysari talked about his struggles and this was followed with many respective speeches.
MTCF received messages from H.E. dr A.Farhang, Minister of Economy of Afghanistan,mr. G. Khwakhuzhi, dep. Mayor of Kabul city,H.E. Khalili, Ambassador for Turkiye, H.E. Ravan Farhadi, Former Ambassador to U.N. his followers, danismands and lecturars all over the world who admire him, respect him for this special day.
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october 2007
Mr. Omer Tarzi, President of the MTCF
met two scholarship holders of MTCF in Kabul, on Oct. 25,2007. It
was the first meeting for both sides and they had a very cheerful
talk.
Mr. Tarzi advised them to increase their foreign language skill and
he added that MTCF will support them for the language courses too.
Below, right is Enayetullah Tamem and Zafar Jalad Khan on the right
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SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME STARTED
MTCF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME HAS STARTED WITH TWO MAHMUD TARZI
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATED STUDENTS, IN KABUL UNIVERSITY FOR 4 YEARS PERIOD.ENAYATULLAH
TAMEME AND JALAD ZAFAR KHAN WERE PRESENTED BY THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
TO THE MTCF PRESIDENCY ON HAMALL 1386/APRIL 2007 AND WERE APPROVED.
STUDENTS ARE;
JALAD ZAFAR KHAN
HE WAS BORN IN 1987, GRADUATED FROM MAHMUDTARZI HIGH SCHOOL WITH EXCELLENT
MARKS AND WON WITH SCORE 275 TO ENTER KABUL UNV. ECONOMICS FACULTY.
ENAYATULLAH ALI TAMEME
HE WAS BORN IN 1989, GRADUATED FROM MTHS WITH EXCELLENT MARKS, WON
KABUL UNV ENTERING EXAMS WITH SCORE 295 FOR ENGINEERING FACULTY.
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A Seminar&Conferences Week in Kabul
A Serial Seminars, Conferences
and Lectures held on 24th to 27th October 2007, in Kabul.
Ustad dr. Ravan Farhadi, former UN ambassador of Afghanistan and the
Ustad Masood Khalili, Ambassador of Afghanistan for Turkiye and mr.
Omer Tarzi, President of MTCF were invited for the events. The week
of cultural events organized succesfully by H.E. Zalmai Hawedmali,
chief cultural adviser of President.
Kabul University of Literature Faculty and the Iktisat Foundation
were the hosts of the week.
There were several ustad, professors, authors and litterateurs from
India, Pakistan, Uzbekhistan and Azarbeycan in the meetings.
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Memorial of Rahman-Baba Seminar (a
famous poet and intellectual lived between 1632- 1716 ) held on the
26th and 27th Oct. 2007 at Istiqlal Lycee and Kabul Unv halls.
H.E. dr. Ravan Farhadi, the guest of honor of the seminar,talked about
his life,works and explained his importancy in Afghan literature .
mr. Tarzi was one of the participants in this seminar.
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Conference for Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi held on 29
October 2007 at Istiqlal Lycee auditorium, Kabul.
Lecture organized by Kabul University
Literature Faculty and mr. Rashid A. Bari, chief of Iktisat Foundation.
H.E. Ravan Farhadi,former ambassador of Afghanistan for UN and the
member of MTCF, H.E. Masood Khalili, ambassador of Afghanistan for
Turkiye, H.E.mrs. Masuda Jalal,former minister of Women Affairs, H.E.
Zalmai Hewadmalli, chief adviser of Culture to the President and mr.
Omer Tarzi, President of MTCF were the quest attendants to this meeting.
Mr. Tarzi made his speech with a title "Afghanistan-Turkiye relations
from Mevlana to Mahmud Tarzi" in Dari and will be published soon.
You may find english version below;
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quote;
Akrab, 7-1386 wa
oct. 29, 2007, Kabul City
IN THE NAME OF THE MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE ALLAH
THE DISTINQUISHED GUESTS,
DEAR COMPATRIOTS, BROTHERS
LADIES & GENTLEMEN
I AM PLEASED THAT THIS OCCASION BROUGHT SUCH A DISTINQUISHED AUDIENCE TOGETHER.
FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE YOUR TOLERANSE FOR LISTENING MY POOR LANGUAGE AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
I THANK MR. SPEAKER
FOR INTRODUCING ME WITH THE TITLE “SARDAR” WHILE INVITING
TO THE STAGE. IT IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME.
BUT AS YOU MAY KNOW WELL THIS TITLE WAS GIVEN TO MY GRANDFATHER MAHMUD
TARZI AND I AM PROUD OF HIM.
UP TO NOW, WE
ALL LISTENED MUHTEREM DR. FARHADI USTAD AND USTADI DANISMEND KHALILI
SAHEB ,WITH GREAT SYMPATHY, PLEASURE AND APPRECIATION.
NOW, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO TALK AFTER THEM. WITH YOUR KIND
PERMISSION I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SHORT JOURNEY FROM THE TIME OF MEVLANA
TO MAHMUD TARZI, WHAT THEY ADDED TO THE RELATIONS OF AFGHANISTAN-TURKIYE
WITH THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THEIR FIELDS ,.
I AM OMER TARZI, THE SON OF ABDULTAVAP WHO IS THE SON OF GREAT MAHMUD TARZI AND I WILL TRY TO TALK ABOUT TWO GREAT MEN WITH HEAD LINES.
MEVLANA, THE MASTER
OF SUFI AND THINKER OF HIS TIME, BROUGHT BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN TURKIYE
AND AFGHANISTAN WHICH STILL CONTINUES WITH INCREASING VOLUME.
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IT IS A
FACT THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES STARTED DURING THE TIME
OF MEVLANA CELALEDDIN. IN OTHER WORDS THERE WAS NO SUCH RELATION BETWEEN
THE TWO COUNTRIES BEFOREHAND. I CAN TELL SINCERELY THAT HE WAS THE
AMBASSADOR OF PROGRESSION FOR THE TWO COUNTRIES, IN ANATOLIA.
HIS FATHER,THE
RESPECTED SULTAN BAHAEDDIN U VELED, WAS LIVING IN THE CITY OF BALKH/BELH
IN AFGHANISTAN AS AN OLD THINKER WITH A TITLE SULTAN OF SCHOLAR/SULTAN
UL ULEMA.
HE DECIDED TO MOVE FROM THE CITY WHEN HE HEARD THAT MOGULS WERE COMING WITH VIOLENCE ,HE GATHERED ALL HIS FAMILY AND LEFT HIS WATAN/COUNTRY.
HE AND HIS FAMILY
FIRST ARRIVED TO BAGHDAT THEN CONTINUED TOWARD ANATOLIA AND ARRIVED
TO THE CITY OF KONYA. HE WAS THE MAN WHO TRAVELLED FROM KHORASAN TO
MAVERAUNEHIR WITH HIS PEOPLE WITHIN A YEAR.
THE TURKS WHO LIVED IN KHORASAN FOR MORE THEN TWO CENTURIES ADORED
HIM FROM THEIR HEARTS.
SULTAN VELED DIED
IN KONYA. HE EDUGATED MEVLANA AS HIMSELF AND MEVLANA BECAME A REAL
SUFI AND A THINKER .
MEVLANA LIVED IN KONYA AND BECAME A FAMOUS SUFI THINKER, SPOKESMAN
OF THE SECRETS, AND HE REFLECTED HIS THOUGHTS IN HIS BOOKS, COLLECTED
IN DIWAN AND MESNEWI…
HE DIED IN KONYA WHERE HE REUNIONED PEACE.
AFTER HIS DEATH HIS INHERITANCE STAYED IN ANATOLIA AND WELL-BRED PEOPLE/CHELEBIS
KEPT THIS INHERITANCE FOR MANY CENTURIES UNTILL NOW.
AFTER SEVEN CENTURIES OF HIS TIME AN AFGHAN SARDAR VISITED OTTOMAN STATE AND MET SULTAN . THIS MAN WAS SARDAR WAS GHULAM MUHAMMAD TARZI. BECAUSE OF HIS VERY CLOSE RELATION WITH THE SULTAN, HE WAS PERMITTED TO STAY IN A GIVEN HOUSE AT THE CITY OF MISKH WITH HIS FAMILY. AT THAT TIME STATE OF OTTOMAN WAS CONTROLLING THE PROVENCES OF SURIYA, IRAQ AND THE HECAZ.
SARDAR GHULAM MUHAMMAD TARZI, WAS A POET AND A WRITER WITH HIS STRONG PEN. HIS DIWAN WAS PUBLISHED TWICE.
HIS BELOVED SON MAHMUDI TARZI WAS ALSO A POET IN DARI FROM HIS VERY YOUNG AGES, AND HIS FATHER GAVE HIM HIS TITLE TARZI BECAUSE OF HIS VERY DIFFERENT STYLE OF WRITINGS.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT COINCIDENCE THAT AFTER SEVEN CENTURIES FROM THE TIME OF CELALEDDIN- I MEVLANA, SON OF HZ. SULTAN VELED, ANOTHER AFGHAN MAHMUD TARZI, SON OF GHULAM MUHAMMAD HAD THE SAME STRUGGLE…
TWO FATHERS AND
TWO SONS!
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THERE IS
ONLY ONE HISTORICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR LIVES, SARDAR MAHMUD
TARZI WORKED IN HIS COUNTRY AND SERVED TO HIS COUNTRY.
AMIR AMAN ULLAH KHAN DURING HIS REIGN, APPOINTED MAHMUD TARZI AS THE FOREIGN MINISTER. ONE OF HIS IMPORTANT CHALLENGE WAS TO REBUILD THE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND TURKIYE.
MUSTAFA KEMAL, PRESIDENT OF THE TURKIYE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF AMIR AMAN ULLAH KHAN AND BECAUSE OF THIS RELATION, MANY AFGHAN YOUTH WENT TO TURKIYE AND FOUND POSSIBILITIES, EDUCATED IN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES, HEALTH FACULTIES AND EVEN IN ARMY SCHOOLS.
13TH CENTURY WAS THE TIME FOR MEVLANA, THE MISTIC POET, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES WERE THE TIME FOR TARZI SAHEB.
TODAY,LIKE THE PAST HUNDREDS OF YEARS MANY TURKS AND FOREIGNERS VISIT KONYA THE CITY OF MEVLANA TO PRAY AND FIND PEACE AND SECURITY .AND WATCH THE WHIRLING DERVISHES
TODAY YOUNG MINDED TURKS STUDY THE BOOKS ABOUT MEVLANA OBSERVE HIS LIFE AND BRING OUT NEW COLLECTION OF BOOKS.
THE LATE SEFIK
JAN WAS ONE OF THEM WHO TRANSLATED MESNEW-I SHERRIF INTO TURKISH LANGUAGE
AND IT IS ONE OF THE BEST AMONG THE OTHERS IN 20TH CENTURY.
THE OTHER VERY FAMOUS TURKISH USTAD, AUTHOR AND SCHOLAR THE LATE ABDULBAKI
GULPINARLI WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE LIFE AND STRUGGLES OF MEVLANA CELALEDDIN
I RUMI WITH EXCELLENT EXPLANATIONS. THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE BEST TO
UNDERSTAND MEVLANA .
THIS BOOK WAS TRANSLATED IN TO DARI ALSO.
TODAY, MANY YOUNG TURKS WHO EDUCATED IN DARI IN THE UNIVERSITIES ARE WORKING ON MEVLANE AND MAKING VERY PROFITABLE THESIS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR THE CELALEDDI-I RUMI OF MEVLANA.
DISTINQUISHED GUESTS, MY DEAR FELLOWS,
IN THE 13TH CENTURY, HZ. MEVLANA WORKED HARD FOR THE SINCERITY AND BROTHERHOOD OF THE TWO NATIONS WHICH I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS OCCATION .
IN THE 20TH CENTURY,
GHULAM MUHAMMAD TARZI, SARDAR MAHMUD TARZI ,AMIR AMAN ULLAH KHAN ,AND
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK PUT THEIR UTMOST HOLD FOR THIS BROTHERHOODNES
TO LIVE FOREVER BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
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DEAR GUESTS, BROTHERS
!
BELOW, I
WOULD LIKE TO BRING ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT TO YOUR KIND ATTENTION.
WE,THE FAMILY OF MAHMUD TARZI ESTABLISHED THE MAHMUD TARZI CULTURAL FOUNDATION IN KABUL AND STARTED TO WORK THROUGH ITS AIMS.
FIRSTLY WE WANT
TO BUILD A RESEARCH CENTER FOR MAHMUD TARZI WORKS.
AND SECONDLY RENOVATE THE LYCEE OF MAHMUD TARZI, IN DARRUL AMAN WHICH
THE TURKISH STATE SENT ITS POSITIVE INTENTION TO START THIS PROJECT
IN 2008.
THE PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN HIS HIGHNESS HAMID KARZAI KINDLY RECEIVED
ME AT HIS OFFICE AND TOGETHER WITH OTHER SUBJECTS WE DISCUSSED THE
MAIN PROJECS OF THE FOUNDATION AND ITS FUTURE.
HIS HIGHNESS ORDERED
A LAND AT DARRUL AMAN PROVINCE TO BE GIVEN TO THE FOUNDATION, TO BUILD
ITS HEAD QUARTERS AND WORKING FACILITIES.
IN THIS CENTER, YOUNG OR OLD THOSE CLOSE TO MAHMUD TARZI AND/OR WORK
FOR HIS IDEAS WILL BE WELCOMED WITH GREAT APPRECIATION. THEY WILL
FIND UPGRADETED FACILITIES TO WORK IN COMFORT.
ABOVE I TRIED TO GIVE A SHORT EXPLANATION ABOUT THESE TWO LEADERS AND I WILL ASK THE KABUL UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS TO START A PROGRAMME FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO WORK AND PREPARE THESIS REGARDING “IMPACT OF THESE TWO MEN IN THE RELATION OF TURKIYE-AFGHANISTAN” FOR 2008 WHICH IS THE 75TH MEMORIAL YEAR OF SARDAR MAHMUD TARZI.
THIS FOUNDATION
IS YOURS AND IS AT YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
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Conference of "The History and the Future of Non-Alignment Countries"
was held at ANDS (Afg.National Dev. Strategy) hall in Sadarad House
on 25 th Oct.2007.
H.E. dr. Ravan Farhadi was the speaker of this conference.
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The 84th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkiye
celebrated in the Turkish Embassy, Kabul on 29th October 2007. H.E.
Ethem Tokdemir, Ambassador of Turkiye and his staff greeted their
quests in front of the park garden of the embassy. Mr. Tarzi, dr.
Ravan Farhadi and mrs. Farhadi were participants of this celebration.
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Afghan envoy in Turkiye visits Mahmud Tarzi pay their respect. H.E. Khalili,ambassador and H.E. Nasser-Zia, Consul general and mr. Malikzad, undersecretary with other Afghan deputies together with mr. O.Tarzi,on 9 th Feb,2007 |
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73rd
Memorial Day
73 rd memorial anniversary of Mahmud Tarzi commemorative ceremony
held on the 23 rd November 2006 at Eyyub Sultan Cemetery by his family,MTCF
management and his citizens.
MTCF is grateful to those participated and sent messages for this
ceremony.
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H.E.dr
Shams visits Istanbul
Mr. Omer Tarzi, president of MTCF met the Afghan Economy Minister
H.E. dr. Moh. Jalil Shams in Istanbul , Turkiye, on 20 th nov. 2006
Mr. Tarzi congratulated him for his new post and they had a valuable
discussion about the MTCF activities in Afghanistan .
H.E. dr Shams expressed his appreciations to mr. O. Tarzi regarding
MT compound project and promised to support the project.
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21st Nov.2006
A Happy Announcement;
Ms. Malalai Wardak , MTCF coordinator is married to mr. Zaher Surgul
in November 2006 at Kabul , Afghanistan . MTCF congratulate and wish
the best for them.
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22nd Aug.2006
Celebration date of Afghan Independance Day
in Istanbul.
The 87 th Anniversary of the Independence of Afghanistan celebrated
with a reception in Istanbul. It was the first reception given by
HE Azim Nasser-Zia, the Consul General of Afghanistan in Istanbul
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Mr. Omer Tarzi, president of MTCF with his family, Princess India
d'Afghanistan, vice president of MTCF and Princess Nagia Dogan, member
of MTCF with her family were present in the ceremony.
Ceremony started with H.E. s welcome speech explaining the importance
of the day mentioning the name of King Aman Ullah who brought the
independency to his country.A distinquished crowd both from Turkish
and Afghan society was present in the reception.
For this occasion mr. Omer Tarzi sent a celebration message to the
President of Afghanistan, H.E. Karzai.
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Teachers
Training Program organized at Mahmud Tarzi Highschool
A message from Elsie de Laire,
member of MTCF Training&Education Committee.
June,2006
Dear
friends and supporters,
As most of you already know, Marianne
O'Grady and I spent three weeks in Afghanistan this summer.
Since security in Ghazni was pretty bad, we conducted our science
training in Kabul and some of the Ghazni science teachers traveled
all the way to Kabul to come and attend. This is quite an impressive
commitment because all those teachers are poor, aren't familiar
with city life (Ghazni province is very conservative in comparisson
with big cities) and didn't even have money to stay in a hotel (we
decided on the spot to use some of the AFN funds for that and that
was apparently well spent!) They had to hitch rides and take
chances with traveling the dangerous Kandahar-Kabul road.
The other teachers who attended (there were about
60 total and we had morning and afternoon sessions) were from Mahmud
Tarzi High School . A friend of mine, and now of AFN, Malalai Wardak,
arranged everything for this training to happen and I am very grateful
to her and to the Mahmud Tarzi Cultural Organization (MTCF) for whom
she works.
The training was supported by Mr. Omer Tarzi, President
of MTCF. We also met with Princess India d' Afghanistan,vice President
of MTCF and daugther of former Afghan King Amanullah. She's 76, vibrant,
bright, beautiful and very outspoken.
Our training was very well received and we have
been asked to return there. The teachers are thirsty for new
information and for contact with other teachers and it makes it a
pleasure to help. It makes me never want to complain again about
my job or the staff development days we're asked to attend.
We have it soooooooooo good here! Lots of teachers haven't been
paid in months and when they get paid they make at the most $60 a
month to teach classrooms of 45 up to 80 students. The Mahmud Tarzi
school is, in comparison with other schools we have seen, well equipped,
but that is because of the dedication of the foundation. We
were treated with Afghan hospitality, which is the most generous kind
I have personally ever encountered.
After the training, Marianne and I spent quite
a bit of time organizing the science supplies we had brought with
us.
The materials the teachers had asked us for include
small portable microscopes, some big donated ones, magnifying lenses,
pipets, slides, rulers, pictures of animals, charts of the human body
systems, Periodic table, layers of planet Earth, huge world maps,
paper, scissors, stop watches, X-rays of the human body, scales
and materials we used in our demonstration lessons. We had almost
$10,000 worth of materials.
Warmly,
Elsie
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Vice President Pcess India appointed honourary cultural ambassador;
(Kabul) july,2006
Vice President of MTCF Pcess India, daughter of the former king Amir
Amanullah Khan and grand daughter of Sardar Mahmud Tarzi, has been
appointed as honourary cultural ambassador of Afghanistan to Europe.
A statement issued here on Sunday said appointment of Pcess India
as cultural ambassador was approved by President Karzai on recommendations
of Foreign Minister Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta. Pcess India, 77, was
born in Endia and she studied to 12th class. Living since 40 years
in Italy, India has one son and two daughters.
Amanullah Khan father of Endia left two sons and three daughters including
Endia. He got independence of Afghanistan from England in 1919.
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01 May 2006
MTCF head Office Renovation is in process
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April,
2006
Appointment;
Mr. Abdullah Sadiqmad has been appointed as a principal (5 th rank
director) of Mahmud Tarzi High School ,on 10 th of March 2006. He
graduated from University of Education,Kabul and served to many schools
as a teacher,assistant and deputy.
MTCF wishes him success at his new post .
MTCF expresses its thanks to the old director Sayyed Hashimi who appointed
to another school.
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14 Feb. 2006
Mr. Omer Tarzi received an invitation from ADB, Asian Development
Bank Washington DC for the “Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge
Exchange Through Professional Diasporas” will be held on 16-17
March 2006 in Washington, USA.
Because of his another appointments in Turkiye, Belgium and Afghanistan
at the same period, he will be presented by MTCF official relation
committee member prof. Shah Mahmoud Hanifi.
Prof. Hanifi is also resource speaker at the workshop.
Conference is being organized to consider the findings regarding three
studies of diaspora knowledge transfer to three separate countries,
Afghanistan, the Philippines, and China.
The theme of knowledge transfer from diaspora communities to their
homeland unites the studies and therefore becomes the general focus
of the proceedings.
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4 February 2006
Mr Omer Tarzi has been invited personally by the Minister of Culture to visit the "Bactrian Gold Hoard" exhibition at the Presidential Palace during his visit to Kabul. The exhibition was composed of precious work of arts from the Bactrian Kingdom and they were discovered by Ministry of Culture's efforts. President Karzai, H.E. Dr.Abdullah, H.E. E.HaqAhadi, H.E. Dr.Raheen, foreign representatives and invited guests visited the exhibition.
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| mr. Tarzi and mr. Azizi, general secretary of MTCF are in Mahmud Tarzi avenue in Kabul. | mr. O. Tarzi visited H.E.Qarqeen, edu minister, at his office and presented MTCF certificate of appreciation. | |
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mr.O.Tarzi visited presidential Palace Museum,Kabul |
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| Late buddhist period (6th-7th c.AD) painting on wood of a Bodhisattva | ||
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| mr. O.Tarzi expressed his gratitudes to H.E. dr. Raheen with the MTCF certificate of appreciation | mr. O. Tarzi visited H.E.dr.Farhang at his office and presented MTCF certificate of appreciation | |
01 February 2006
The president of MTCF
mr Omer Tarzi, arrived Kabul, together with a huge amount of aids
materials. He brought 200 pieces of winter clothes, designed and handed
to him by ms Idil Tarzi Gencoguz from her new collection. A set of
Chambers Encyclopedia with various books and stationery to the Mahmud
Tarzi High School. The clothes received by the sec.gen.of Afghan Red
Crescent Society on behalf of ms Fatima Ghilani president of the society.
Mr.Tarzi visited the ministries of Economy ,Tourism&Information,
Public Health and minister of Transport to explain MTCF’s projects
and information about the studies of the foundation. He received very
positive and supported deals from the ministers.
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