Amar currently serves as Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Prior to this position, Amar reported for the online editions of The Washington Post and Newsweek, traveling around the world looking at how America affects ordinary lives in a dozen countries. He posted over a hundred text and video pieces at www.washingtonpost.com/america for his project "How the World Sees America." He also reported on race and local politics during the 2008 Presidential Campaign.
Before launching How the World Sees America, Amar worked with David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria as the first editor of PostGlobal, an international affairs forum. Amar is also the founder of Aina Arts, a nonprofit organization connecting local artisans with schools in the developing world, and was the associate managing editor of the Oxford International Review. He graduated from Harvard as the first joint concentrator in Social Studies (theory) and Visual & Environmental Studies (documentary video), writing his thesis on media propaganda in Zimbabwe.
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