Sayed Jalal Karim
Afghan politician
Said Jalal Karim is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.
Academic career
Karim started attending Istiqlal High School in 1975 at age six, and graduated in 1977 at age eight.
He received admission to Kabul University in 1978. He attended Columbia University in New York City instead. However, according to a profile by the Pajhwok Afghan News, President Hafizullah Amin ordered his return to Afghanistan.
Upon his return to Afghanistan, he and his father were then sent to Moscow University.
In 1980, his remaining family members were able to make their way to Pakistan, which allowed Karim and his father to follow them. From Pakistan, he made his way to Saudi Arabia where he studied engineering, physics and Arabic at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. However, he left the university after three years at age 14. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Science University of Beirut, Alexandria campus.
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