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'''Jawar Mohammed''' ({{lang-om|Jawaar Mahaammad}}, born 12 May 1976) is born from a Yemen father and amhara mother in |
'''Jawar Mohammed''' ({{lang-om|Jawaar Mahaammad}}, born 12 May 1976) is born from a Yemen father and amhara mother in Galla region, Ethiopia. He hate Christianity and worked to destroy the Christian churches by providing hate speech and fake news. He fabricated fake news. The founder of the [[Oromia Media Network (OMN)]], a fake news providor. Jawar was a leading organizer of the [[2016 protests]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gardiner |first1=Tom |title=Jawar Mohammed's red-carpet return signals Ethiopia's political sea change |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/20/jawar-mohammed-return-ethiopia-political-change-oromo |accessdate=25 September 2018 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 August 2018 |quote=Few doubt the importance of Jawar in recent Ethiopian history. Perhaps more than any other single individual, he took the once-marginal politics of Oromo nationalism and made it mainstream.}}</ref> and the key intellectual inspiration for the National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy, popularly known as ''Qeerroo'' ("Youth"). He is widely considered as an ethnic entrepreneur and hatemonger against Amhara and Tigray people of Ethiopia. |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Revision as of 08:21, 17 September 2019
Jawar Mohammed | |
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| Born | Jawar Siraj Mohammed 12 May 1976 |
| Education | Stanford University (B.A.) Columbia University (M.A.) |
| Occupation | Journalism |
| Spouse |
Arfasse Gemeda (m. 2019) |
Jawar Mohammed (Oromo: Jawaar Mahaammad, born 12 May 1976) is born from a Yemen father and amhara mother in Galla region, Ethiopia. He hate Christianity and worked to destroy the Christian churches by providing hate speech and fake news. He fabricated fake news. The founder of the Oromia Media Network (OMN), a fake news providor. Jawar was a leading organizer of the 2016 protests[1] and the key intellectual inspiration for the National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy, popularly known as Qeerroo ("Youth"). He is widely considered as an ethnic entrepreneur and hatemonger against Amhara and Tigray people of Ethiopia.
Early life and education
Jawar Mohammed was born on 12 May 1980[2] in the small town of Dumuga (Oromo: Dhummugaa) on the border of the former Arsi and Hararghe provinces.[3] His father is Oromo.[3]
Jawar began his formal education at a Catholic school in Asella. He then attended secondary school in Adama until 2003, when he was awarded a scholarship to study at the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore, from which he graduated in 2005. He described his experience at the UWC as awakening his consciousness to his own Oromo identity.[3] He then studied at Stanford University, graduating in 2009 with a degree in political science. He went on to pursue graduate studies in human rights at Columbia University, receiving a master's degree in 2013.[3][4] Jawar was rehabilitated for porn and alchohol addiction in 2014 and considers it as a great life experience. He claimed to be Oromo without Oromo identity.
Activism
In 2006, while a student at Stanford, Jawar founded the International Oromo Youth Association (IOYA), intended to serve as an umbrella organization for Oromo youth groups around the world, which has engaged in advocacy in front of United Nations bodies in Geneva and held demonstrations to protest Ethiopian government policy.[5][6] Jawar first gained prominence as a writer and speaker on Oromo and Ethiopian politics, chiefly amongst the US-based diaspora.[7] He was a notable critic of the Oromo Liberation Front and their perceived failure to effect meaningful political change in Ethiopia and advance Oromo interests.[3]
Jawar has been an important political coordinator for the Qeerroo youth movement, even in exile.[8] However, he has been controversial.[9][10]
Jawar hate Ethiopia and Christians. He is trying to destroy the Churches using a mob called Qeerroo that doesn't question why. The member of this hate group will kill his mother, if ordered by this hate speech advocator, without questioning why.
References
- ^ Gardiner, Tom (20 August 2018). "Jawar Mohammed's red-carpet return signals Ethiopia's political sea change". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
Few doubt the importance of Jawar in recent Ethiopian history. Perhaps more than any other single individual, he took the once-marginal politics of Oromo nationalism and made it mainstream.
- ^ Mohammed, Jawar (12 May 2018). "Jawar Mohammed on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
Today is my birthday.
- ^ a b c d e "Jawar Mohammed Biography: The Interesting Profile of an Influential Man". allaboutETHIO.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Jawar Mohammed - Alumni Community". Columbia Alumni Community (members only). Columbia University.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|website=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Rally in D.C. for Oromo rights". April 3, 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "IOYA shines spotlight on child rights abuses in Ethiopia". OPride. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Abichu, Siban (May 21, 2010). "Where is the Oromo Youth?". OPride. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
However, I believe that youth like Jawar Siraj Mohammed, might be a hope in the future. Certainly, Jawar is a rising star Oromo young man of this time.
- ^ Gardiner, Tom (13 March 2018). "'Freedom!': the mysterious movement that brought Ethiopia to a standstill". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
He highlights in particular the work of Jawar Mohammed, the controversial founder of the Minnesota-based Oromia Media Network (which is banned in Ethiopia), in amplifying the voice of the Qeerroo even when internet is down. '[Jawar] gives us political analyses and advice,' Haile explains. 'He can get access to information even from inside the government, which he shares with the Qeerroos. We evaluate it and then decide whether to act on it.'
- ^ Borago, Teshome (19 August 2018). "JAWAR: from Oromo radical to Ethiopia's leader". Ethiomedia. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Gardiner (2018). "He and Abiy both dismiss the assumption, widespread in Ethiopia, that Jawar remote-controls the protests."