Name Mustafa Nayyem Role Journalist | Spouse Anastasia Ivanova Children Marc-Micah Nayem | |
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Alma mater Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Education Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Political party Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" Siblings Mariam Nayyem, Masi Nayyem Similar People Serhiy Leshchenko, Tetiana Chornovol, Savik Shuster, Mustafa Dzhemilev | ||
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Mustafa Masi Nayyem (Ukrainian: Мустафа Найєм, Pashto: مصطفی نعیم) is a Ukrainian journalist, MP and public figure of Afghan origin. Formerly he was a reporter for the newspaper "Kommersant Ukraine", the TVi channel, and the internet newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda. He also participates in Ukrainian journalists' anti-censorship movement, "Stop the censorship!" (Ukrainian: Стоп цензурі!, Stop tsenzuri!), and Hromadske.TV. On the parliamentary elections on October 26, 2014 he was elected to the Ukrainian parliament on the list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc. He is described as a reformist parliamentarian.
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- Hromadske international the sunday show mustafa nayyem and hanna hopko on the euromaidan anniversary
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- Personal life and education
- Journalism
- Activism
- Politics
- References
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Personal life and education
Nayyem was born in Kabul in 1981. He has stated that he is a Pashtun and "Muslim by birth", though not fully observant. His former partner and son, Mark-Mikhei, are Jewish.
Nayyem graduated from the Technical Lyceum in Kiev in 1998 and the Aerospace Systems Department of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 2004. He speaks fluent Ukrainian, Pashto, Russian, and English.
Journalism
Nayyem worked as a reporter for the "Kommersant-Ukrainy" newspaper from 2005 to 2007 and then for Shuster LIVE, a political talk show on Ukrainian television, from 2007 to 2011.
In 2009, Nayyem received national attention following Ukrayina TV channel's live discussion with then-presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych. During the discussion, he questioned Yanukovych about the latter's acquisition of the Mezhyhirya Residence. In 2010, Nayem was briefly detained by police officers, reportedly as a result of racial profiling for "persons of Caucasian appearance" (a common local term for people from the Caucasus). The following day, Nayem wrote an article in which described the events that led to his detention. He stated, "Xenophobia should not become the face of Ukrainian nationality" and requested the firing of one of the officers responsible.
Nayyem frequently contributes news and articles to Ukrayinska Pravda. From September 2011 to late April 2013, he worked for the Ukrainian television channel TVi. After resigning due to a conflict with the channel's new management, he started a web project together with colleagues who also left the channel. Their project was named Hromadske.TV.
Activism
Using Facebook, Nayem was one of the first activists to urge Ukrainians to gather on Independence Square in Kiev to protest Viktor Yanukovych's decision to “pause” preparations for signing an association agreement with the European Union. His summons to rally on Facebook on November 21, 2013 were the start of the Euromaidan protests which led to the overthrow of the Yanukovych government.
Politics
Nayyem was included in the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc and elected to the Verkhovna Rada on the parliamentary elections of October 26, 2014. He is one of dozens of Euromaidan activists who are trying to pivot from street politics into politics, where they hope to spearhead reform and turn Ukraine into a prosperous European state. Nayyem is a member of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of European integration in the 8th convocation of parliament. At the Rada session on 2 December 2014 he was the only deputy who voted against the cabinet of Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
In August 2016 Nayyem joined the (political party) Democratic Alliance. From Autumn 2015 until June 2016 he had been part of an attempt to form a political party around then Governor of Odessa Oblast Mikheil Saakashvili with members of the parliamentary group Interfactional Union "Eurooptimists", Democratic Alliance and possibly Self Reliance until this projection collapsed in June 2016.