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	Ishaq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ishaq is the name of Isaac in the Quran, he is seen as a prophet in Islam.
		Ishaq was the second son of Ibrahim by his first-wife Sarah.
		Ishaq lived in Canaan and was made a prophet there.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Ishaq (382 words)

	Ishaq Shahryar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ishaq Shahryar (born 1936) is the Afghan ambassador to the United States.
		Shahryar came to the United States in 1956 to study, worked as a solar engineer for aerospace companies, and later founded and ran two solar-energy companies in the Los Angeles area.
		A longtime associate of former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah, Shahryar represents the government of Hamid Karzai, who became Afghanistan's new president in the summer of 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ishaq_Shahryar (111 words)

	UCLA International Institute :: Afghan Ambassador Reports on Reconstruction
		Ishaq Shahryar, who had emigrated to the United States in1956, until last year was best known as a NASA scientist and pioneer inventor of photovoltaic solar panel technologies.
		Ishaq Shahryar sought to encourage the United States and other counties to support Afghanistan by portraying it as the center of a geographic circle prone to crisis and instability.
		Ishaq Shahryar served as an advisor to former Afghan King Zahir Shah for five years, and was a key participant in the Bonn Accord negotiations in 2002 that formed the Interim Administration.
	www.isop.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=3416 (2168 words)

	Ambassador Says Afghans Want Peace - Outlook Online - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ishaq Shahryar, the first recognized ambassador since 1978, contrasted the U.S. presence with the Soviet invasion of 1979, which he claimed was an effort to capture Afghanistan's wealth of natural resources.
		Shahryar said he was confident the relationship will remain close and that he's received assurances from President Bush that the United States wouldn't neglect Afghanistan in the event of war with Iraq.
		Shahryar came to this country in 1956 to study at the University of California, earning a bachelor's degree in physical chemistry and a master's degree in international relations.
	outlook.collegepublisher.com /news/2002/12/03/News/Ambassador.Says.Afghans.Want.Peace-335628.shtml (720 words)

	On The Line: Afghanistan's New Constitution
		Shahryar: Well, first of all, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Afghan people and also most importantly the delegates, the five hundred men and women that they got together, that worked together for twenty-two days and debated the subject most democratically and openly.
		Shahryar: Finally what is touching and very pleasing is that was proved at this loya jirga was that we are no longer Northern Alliance, or Southern Alliance or Uzbeks or Pashtuns, we’re all Afghans.
		Shahryar: By the end of the day they came to the conclusion that the official languages have always been Dari and Pashtun and yet, the language that is spoken the most in the other regions, they are official in that region.
	www.voanews.com /uspolicy/Ontheline/archive/a-2004-01-14-4-1.cfm (2582 words)

	Capitol connection / Afghan native's success as U.S. businessman makes him logical choice to cultivate relations ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shahryar then worked as an engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, became a proud U.S. citizen with a wife and two children and founded a photovoltaics firm, Solec International, that he sold to a Japanese multinational in the early 1990s.
		Shahryar also was a member of the Rome Group, the informal circle that advised Zahir Shah after the king fled Afghanistan for two decades of exile in Italy.
		Shahryar says his biggest tasks now are to keep the Bush administration and Congress interested in the country they liberated from the Taliban and al Qaeda and to encourage the international community to fulfill its pledges of $4.5 billion in aid, including $2 billion from the United States.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a/2002/11/20/MN127706.DTL&type=printable (1099 words)

	JS Online: Afghan Emissary Faces Tough Tasks
		Shahryar said he would like to devote at least 80 percent of his time to cultivating business opportunities.
		Shahryar swats away the bedeviling political matters, especially those that would put him in the difficult posture of questioning U.S. policy.
		Shahryar can't move into the building's residence for another six months, so he is living in a hotel.
	www.jsonline.com /news/attack/ap/aug02/ap-afghan-emotiona081502.asp?format=print (734 words)

	The Washington Diplomat
		In 1994, Ambassador Shahryar was appointed to the U.S. Presidential Mission on Sustainable Energy and Trade to India and has acted as an advisor to various international trade and environmental groups.
		Ambassador Shahryar founded Solec International, a leading manufacturer of solar electric technology, and Solar Utility Company, and he was one of the three scientists who invented low-cost solar cells in 1972.
		Ambassador Shahryar holds a bachelor’s of science degree in physical chemistry and a master’s degree in international relations from the University of California in Santa Barbara.
	www.washdiplomat.com /Appointments/appts_july02.html (471 words)

	Tufts E-News -- Afghan Ambassador Speaks Out
		In a speech at Tufts’ Fletcher School, Afghan ambassador Ishaq Shahryar urged Tufts students to take an active role in rebuilding his nation.
		Shahryar encouraged the Fletcher students to join the rebuilding efforts, reported the Globe.
		A successful scientist living in southern California at the time of the terrorist attacks, Shahryar was invited to join the Cabinet of the interim government in Afghanistan after the Taliban collapsed in 2001.
	enews.tufts.edu /stories/020503AfghanAmbassador.htm (571 words)

	National Center for Photovoltaics - NCPV Hotline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		That is, ''photovoltaic fundamentalist'' Ishaq Shahryar, a prominent scientist who has just become Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States.
		When he was still an American, Shahryar did not hesitate to criticize Bush's energy policies, which have been characterized by some as being overly friendly to traditional energy industries.
		If Shahryar is not impressed with Bush's energy policy, he has nothing but admiration for the president's stern response to terrorism and to the presence of the al-Qaida terrorist network in Afghanistan.
	www.nrel.gov /ncpv/hotline/07_02_ambassador.html (705 words)

	Unlikely diplomat is all business with US \| csmonitor.com
		Shahryar last week at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Mass., the Kabul-born scientist-turned-businessman-turned-politician recounted his winding route to Washington.
		Shahryar, a member of Afghan's privileged class, came to the US in 1956 on a scholarship funded by King Zahir Shah - leaving the country at a time when "people were not yet hungry," he says.
		Then, while Shahryar was part of a team of advisers to the exiled Afghan king during Taliban rule, he turned down an offer from President Hamid Karzai for a cabinet job in the new central government.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0213/p18s01-lign.html (532 words)

	Chemistry-Biochemistry University of Calfornia Santa Barbara
		His Excellency Ishaq Shahryar 1961 BS, 1969 MA We had a wonderful opportunity to celebrate another UCSB Chemistry and Biochemistry Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award again this year.
		H.E. Ishaq Shahryar, former ambassador from Afghanistan to the US, UCSB Chemistry and Biochemistry Alumni, is also an experience businessman having worked extensively in the field of photovoltaics.
		Shahryar gave a seminar on Friday June 4, 2004 at 4:00 pm regarding his company's scientific endeavors and his work as Ambassador from Afghanistan to the US.
	www.chem.ucsb.edu /department/news/Shahryar (183 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		Shahryar, a highly successful businessman and one of the inventors of solar-chip technology, gave up his U.S. citizenship to assume the ambassadorial post in Washington.
		Shahryar confirmed that he and his deputy Harun Amin are experiencing some problems, adding that Amin "has never cooperated" with him and that Foreign Minister Abdullah is aware of the situation.
		Shahryar said it is ridiculous to believe that he would be removed from his position because of disagreements with his deputy, whom he claimed arranged Karzai's meeting with the Senate, Radio Free Afghanistan reported.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2003/03/6-SWA/swa-120303.asp?po=y (2332 words)

	AEI - Events
		To this end, Afghan-American entrepreneurs have organized the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC), a new partnership between Afghans in the United States and in Afghanistan along with non-Afghan Americans, dedicated to the promotion of the private sector's role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
		At this event, Ishaq Shahryar, Afghan ambassador to the United States; Mahmood Karzai, cofounder of the AACC; and Willard Workman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will discuss the challenges faced by Afghan entrepreneurs.
		Ishaq Shahryar, Afghan ambassador to the United States
	www.aei.org /events/eventID.217/event_detail.asp (141 words)

	IRVAJ English - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shahryar will present his credentials to President Bush and officially take on the post Wednesday at a White House ceremony.
		Shahryar, born in Kabul in 1936, came to the United States in 1956 to attend university, worked as a solar engineer for aerospace companies and eventually founded and ran two solar-energy companies in the Los Angeles area.
		Shahryar, who moved to Washington in April, will live in a hotel while renovations on the badly neglected Afghan Embassy and ambassador's residence continue, said spokesman Tom Lauria.
	www.iranvajahan.net /cgi-bin/news_en.pl?l=en&y=2002&m=6&d=20&a=25 (475 words)

	GOPUSA - Austin Bay
		Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States, Dr. Ishaq M. Shahryar, isn't ready to forget Afghanistan.
		The "model village" Shahryar is promoting may sound like something from the land of toy trains --it ain't.
		Shahryar discussed one village design that uses simple solar panels (with generator back-up) to produce electricity.
	www.gopusa.com /commentary/abay/2003/ab_0522p.shtml (672 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Afghan ambassador pleads for security help
		Ambassador Ishaq Shahryar said there was an urgent need for an expansion of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan, and a speeding up of plans to help the country establish its own armed forces.
		Shahryar urged US officials tho help move ISAF beyond its current area of operations, which is largely confined to areas around the capital, Kabul.
		Shahryar said the latest action "reminds us of the specter of oppression and terrorism that was only too real 18 months ago."
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/a20a8d83b81dc92149256ccd001c356c (565 words)

	Online NewsHour: Afghan Warlords May Try to Hijack Elections, Watchdog Group Says -- September 28, 2004
		Ishaq Shahryar was Afghanistan's ambassador to Washington from June 2002 to 2003.
		ISHAQ SHAHRYAR: As I said, regardless when we're going to have it, these enemies of democracy and enemies of Afghanistan is trying to do that regardless when are we going to hold it.
		ISHAQ SHAHRYAR: This is an attempt is already being made.
	www.pbs.org /search/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec04/afghan_9-28.html (2125 words)

	Ishaq Shahryar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ishaq Shahryar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Ishaq Shahryar (born 1936) is the (A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan) Afghan ambassador to the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States.
		A longtime associate of former Afghan King (additional info and facts about Mohammad Zahir Shah) Mohammad Zahir Shah, Shahryar represents the government of (additional info and facts about Hamid Karzai) Hamid Karzai, who became Afghanistan's new president in the summer of 2002.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/is/ishaq_shahryar.htm (114 words)

	National Review Online (http://www.nationalreview.com)
		Ishaq Shahryar made the first contribution of time and talent.
		A successful inventor and manufacturer of low-cost photovoltaic solar cells and an American citizen since 1967, Shahryar resigned his business interests and citizenship to serve as Afghanistan's first ambassador to the United States in 24 years.
		So is former Ambassador Ishaq Shahryar, who with two Afghan-American colleagues is working on the development of several significant industrial and agricultural projects.
	www.nationalreview.com /script/printpage.p?ref=/comment/thomson200509200821.asp (1595 words)

	National Center for Photovoltaics - NCPV Hotline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Although it has been rumored for several weeks, I was able to confirm the accuracy of the rumors this morning directly with the principal.
		Ishaq Shahryar has been appointed Ambassador to the United States from the newly formed government of Afghanistan.
		Ishaq was the founder of the PV company Solec International which he left recently to found Solar Utility Company, Inc. Ishaq has been in Washington the last few weeks organizing the Embassy which has been closed for over twenty years.
	www.nrel.gov /ncpv/hotline/04_02_ambassador.html (199 words)

	Press Memo 9/22-28/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Calhoun Lecture Series presents H. Ishaq Shahryar, former ambassador of Afghanistan speaking on "The Future of Afghanistan" at 7:30 p.m.
		Ambassador Shahryar was the first recognized Afghan ambassador to the United States since 1978.
		An advisor to former Afghan King Zahir Shah for five years, Ishaq Shahryar was a key participant in the Bonn Accord negotiations last year that formed the Interim Administration.
	clemsonews.clemson.edu /WWW_releases/2003/September/Media_Memo-Sept_22-28_.html (849 words)

	UCLA Today: Afghan leader: U.S. needs to sustain support
		“President [Hamid] Karzai and I are passionately determined not to squander this moment in Afghanistan’s history,” His Excellency Ishaq Shahryar told faculty, students and visitors during a public lecture March 5 at the Faculty Center.
		A week before his lecture at UCLA, sponsored by the School of Public Policy and Social Research, Shahryar and Karzai received assurances from President George Bush that the U.S. would expand aid to help repair the country’s devastated infrastructure, including its electrical and irrigation systems.
		We want America to make Afghanistan a model for democracy for other Islamic countries,” said Shahryar, who was educated at UC Santa Barbara as a solar-energy scientist and entrepreneur.
	www.today.ucla.edu /2003/030311afghan.html (423 words)

	Inside the Beltway - The Washington Times: Inside the Beltway - July 15, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		We dropped into Teatro Goldoni on K Street to meet Miss America 2004 Ericka Dunlap — in town to brief Capitol Hill lawmakers on her diversity-and-inclusion platform — and instead interviewed Ishaq Shahryar, who two years ago became Afghanistan's first officially appointed ambassador to the United States in 23 years.
		Shahryar cites persistent problems, not the least being terrorism.
		Shahryar handed the president a poem written on Sept. 15, 2001, by his 10-year-old daughter, Jahan, titled "A Land of Freedom."
	washingtontimes.com /functions/print.php?StoryID=20040715-015332-3052r (727 words)

	Washington Life Magazine: November 2003: Real Estate News
		Ishaq Shahryar, the first officially recognized Afghan ambassador to the United States since 1978, and his wife Haaisa have purchased 76 Kalorama Circle, N.W. for $2.6 million.
		A well-known California entrepreneur, Shahryar gave up his U. citizenship to serve Afghanistan, presenting his credentials to President Bush in a White House ceremony on June 19, 2002.
		As an American businessman, Shahryar was instrumental in the development of ultraviolet solar cells for NASA's Jupiter Project.
	infamia3.securesites.net /issues/2003-11/realestate (1575 words)

	Seeds of Peace
		The seeds were the first official visitors to the embassy of Afghanistan in more than two decades and stood in line to tell the ambassador their names and where they were from.
		Soundbite: (in English) Ambassador Ishaq Shahryar, Afghanistan Ambassador to U.S. "I want to welcome all of you here, you are all truly the children of peace and we welcome you here.
		I want to let you know that you are the first visitors in our embassy after 22 years, so you’re going to bring peace and prosperity not only to our embassy but to the country also.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/obs/vid/12433.htm (742 words)

	Business Wire: Ambassador of Afghanistan to Speak on Economic Reconstruction in Afghanistan at National Press Club News ...
		Afghan Ambassador H.E. Ishaq Shahryar will speak at the National Press Club's "Afternoon Newsmaker" news conference on Thursday, Oct. 31 at 2 p.m.
		Sharyar believes that a radical new approach must be taken toward economic development, and he will highlight his plans for economic revitalization at the news conference.
		Appointed in June 2002, Ambassador Shahryar is the first recognized Afghan Ambassador to the United States since 1978.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Oct_29/ai_93536455 (316 words)

	e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
		Had Afghanistan sent professional and eligible diplomats to foreign countries, they would have guarded, monitored and informed the interim government about the aid promised to Afghanistan at Tokyo last year.
		So, the Afghan people are happy with the appointment and the working of the Engineer Ishaq Shahryar of the Afghan Foreign Ministry.
		The second point which is worth mentioning for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as for the officials of the interim government is that most of the ministers do have complaints about the misuse of the international aid.
	www.e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/allArticles/39BD9B0FD700A01D87256CC3005C6949?OpenDocument (627 words)

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