10.1 ASA Youth Awards - Siraj Mahmudov

Spring 2002 (10.1)
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ASA Youth Awards
Siraj Mahmudov

Siraj Mahmudov obtained his bachelor's degree in Public Administration from Gafgaz University in 1999, attaining the highest GPA among the school's 1998-99 graduates. In 2000, he won the Muskie FSA Graduate Fellowship to study in the United States.

He is currently pursuing a master's degree in Social & Public Policy with a concentration on Policy Analysis & Administration as well as a Certificate in Conflict Resolution from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh while also taking courses at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.

Siraj helped establish the ASA chapter in Pennsylvania, donated books on refugees to the libraries in Pittsburgh and helped to organize a presentation on "Azerbaijan: Ten Years of Independence." He has assisted the Azerbaijani Embassy with the analysis of various aspects of foreign policy as related to Azerbaijan and the region, participating in various Washington-based seminars and similar events and updating the economic section of the country reference book and embassy's Web site. Contact Siraj at <s_mahmudov@yahoo.com>.

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