This is an Ethiopian name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Jawar.
Jawar Mohammad
Jawaar Mohammad
Jawar in 2017
Born
Jawar Siraj Mohammed
(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 37)[1]
Dhumuga, Between Arsi Province and Hararghe, Ethiopia[2]
Nationality
Ethiopian
American
Alma mater
Stanford University (B.A.) Columbia University (M.A.)
Occupation
Political activist[3][4][5]
Known for
Leader of Oromo protests
Notable work
Founder of OMN[6]
Television
OMN
Title
CEO
Predecessor
Established
Successor
Girma Gutema[7]
Political party
Oromo Federalist Congress[8]
Movement
Qeerroo
Spouse
Arfasse Gemeda
(m. 2009)
Children
1
Jawar Mohammed (Oromo: Jawaar Mahammad; ግእዝ፡ ጃዋር መሐመድ born 12 May 1986)[1] is an Ethiopian political analyst and activist.[3][4][5] One of the founders of the Oromia Media Network (OMN), Jawar was a leading organizer of the 2014–2016 Oromo protests.[5] He has been credited with toppling the incumbent government in February 2018[9][10][11] and helping Abiy Ahmed to power.[12]
^ ab"Jawar Mohammed: The Ethiopian media mogul taking on Abiy Ahmed". 9 July 2020.
^Gebissa, Ezekiel (9 November 2019). "In defense of Jawar, a brilliant and dedicated agent of change". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ ab"Report: Ethiopia continues malware attacks on dissidents in other countries". africatimes.com.
^ ab"Prominent activist may challenge Ethiopian PM in 2020 election". aljazeera.com.
^ abcGardiner, Tom (20 August 2018). "Jawar Mohammed's red-carpet return signals Ethiopia's political sea change". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2018. Few doubt the importance of Jawar in recent Ethiopian history. Perhaps more than any other single individual, he took the once-marginal politics of Oromo nationalism and made it mainstream.
^Ethiopia: Account for all people arrested after Hachalu Hundesa's killing, 18 July 2020
^Breaking News : Activist and long-time OMN contributor Girma Gutema will replace Jawar Mohammed, 30 December 2019
^"I did it for Oromo: Jawar Mohammed explains decision to join Ethiopia opposition party". africanews.com.
^Borago, Teshome (19 August 2018). "JAWAR: from Oromo radical to Ethiopia's leader". Ethiomedia. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^Peralta, Eyder (6 December 2018). "How An Exiled Activist In Minnesota Helped Spur Big Political Changes In Ethiopia". NPR News. Retrieved 18 October 2019. At 32, with a mischievous smile and a round, boyish face, he keeps the air of a startup CEO, but Jawar is without a doubt the most controversial man in Ethiopia.
^"Ethnic violence threatens to tear Ethiopia apart". The Economist. 2 November 2019.
^'Still I'm afraid': Victims reel from deadly Ethiopia clashes, 1 November 2019
JawarMohammed (Oromo: Jawaar Mahammad; ግእዝ፡ ጃዋር መሐመድ born 12 May 1986) is an Ethiopian political analyst and activist. One of the founders of the Oromia...
became the new party's first leader.[citation needed] Bekele Gerba and JawarMohammed, members of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), were imprisoned on...
Commission funded by public donors from the broader Oromo diaspora. JawarMohammed established the OMN following a movement which he called "Oromo first"...
family, urging calm amid growing unrest. Media magnate and activist JawarMohammed responded to Hachalu's death on Facebook, saying "They did not just...
colleague Berhanu Nega and the Oromo dissident and public intellectual JawarMohammed, as well as their respectively affiliated US-based ESAT and OMN satellite...
Ethiopia." Qeerroos also played a key role in the 2016 Oromo Protests. JawarMohammed, a Qeerroo, played a key role in founding the NYMFD. The Qeerroo movement...
Jigi Demeksa Girma Wolde-Giorgis – President of Ethiopia Haile Fida JawarMohammed – Activist and member of OFC Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa Junedin Sado Kuma Demeksa...
evidence. On 30 June 2020, JawarMohammed and Bekele Gerba were arrested by Ethiopian Federal police after an incident between Jawar's guards and police that...
Director of Oromia Media Network, JawarMohammed reported on his Facebook page around midnight, on Tuesday. In his post, Jawar has said that his house was surrounded...
September 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2022. YeJawarMohammed awozagabi nigigir የጃዋር መሐመድ አወዛጋቢው ንግግር [JawarMohammed's Controversial speech on how Muslims Oromos...
to death in protest of his sentencing without a fair trial Jüri Kukk JawarMohammed, Ethiopian politician and activist, 2021 Kasra Nouri Jean Lassalle Antonio...
prisoners. Bekele Gerba was detained on 30 June 2020 together with JawarMohammed and 33 others following the 29 June Hachalu Hundessa riots. Senior federal...
Indonesia, Minister of Education Sonam Kapoor (1985– ) – Bollywood actress JawarMohammed (1986– ) - Ethiopian politician, founder of Oromia Media Network Eric...
"neftenya agent" and eroding Oromia constituency. Politicians like JawarMohammed stated that only EPRDF could save Ethiopia from disintegration because...
burnout activists feel mistreated. In October 2019, Ethiopian activist JawarMohammed falsely announced on Facebook that the police were going to detain him...
chair, Bekele was deputy chair, and Desta Dinka was Youth League chair. JawarMohammed became a member of OFC on 28 December 2019. In preparation for the 2021...
spokesperson denounced as a "recklessly cynical conspiracy theory". Activist JawarMohammed claimed that 43 Oromos had been killed in the area of Saris Abo, but...
Satyanarayana A small idol (or coin) of Lord Satyanarayana (optional) Wheat or Jawar (not rice) Durva Or Dhoop grass (sacred grass according to Sanatana Dharma)...
colleague Berhanu Nega, and Oromo dissident and public intellectual JawarMohammed. Most of the remaining detainees were journalists from the US-based...
murder of Oromo singer Hachalu Hundessa. While Awol saw the arrests of JawarMohammed and Bekele Gerba in relation to the Hachalu Hundessa protests as Abiy...
newspapers, then the government starts to crack down on them." Activist JawarMohammed accused Abiy Ahmed of increasing "authoritarianism" following claimed...
Decolonization and Democratization or Disintegration?, ISBN 9781569021217 Mohammed, Jawar (29 November 2009). "Ethiopia: General Tadesse and General Asaminew"...
Nabad project communicated extensively with the Qeerroos, including JawarMohammed, while remaining an independent project. One of the themes of Nabad...
erupted in Oromia Region and its vicinity after Oromo political activist JawarMohammed posting a Facebook page that claimed he was surrounded by police officers...
in Oromia Region against the deteriorating health of Bekele Gerba, JawarMohammed, and 18 other members of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) who have...