Manizha Naderi, Executive Director
Manizha Naderi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and raised in New York and New Jersey. She has a BA in English Language Arts from Hunter College. While she has roots in the Afghan community in Queens, NY, she and her family now divide their time between NYC and Kabul.

• Queens Staff:

Naheed Bahram, NY Program Manager

Naheed Bahram was born to a working-class, conservative family in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her family migrated to Peshawar, Pakistan after the loss of her mother in a bomb explosion in Kabul.  Ms. Bahram graduated from high school in Pakistan and taught ESL to Afghan women in the Afghan refugee camps in Peshawar. She moved to the United States in 2004 as an international student.  She graduated from Queens College in June 2011 with a BA in Finance and Economics.  Ms. Bahram has been working with WAW since 2007, first as a volunteer, then intern, then case worker and now NY Program Manager running our Queens Community Center.

Kelly Becker-Smith, Event Coordinator

Yalda Atif, Case Worker

Jessica Whitney, Administrative Coordinator

 
• Afghanistan Senior Staff:

Huma Safi, Afghanistan Program Manager

Atefa Huzaber, Balkh Province Manager

Azima Kohistani, Kapisa Province Manager

Maryam Amwaj, Badakhshan Province Manager

Hayatullah Talibzada, Nangarhar Province Manager

Rabiya Danishjoo, Faryab Province Manager

Zahira, Saripul Province Manager

Hasina Sarwary, Kunduz Province Manager

Shahbibi Halimi, Project Manager, Children's Support Center

Humaira Ferozi Zadran, Human Rights Training Coordinator

Halim Jan Sulimanzai, Finance Manager