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Aamir Hasan Author

Aamir Hasan holds a Master’s degree from Harvard and a PhD from Western Michigan University in Education. He possesses years of professional experience working at private elite and public non-elite schools, as well as at the tertiary level. He has also worked extensively with refugees and is passionate about teaching English to marginalized and displaced people. His doctoral research focused on leadership development among underserved English learners in the Global South. Aamir believes in servant leadership and is developing a non-profit English-for-All that aims to provide free English lessons, especially speech ability, to vulnerable populations across the globe. He can be reached at [email protected] or at [email protected]

Nadeem Hussain is a PhD in Public Policy candidate at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He has co-authored two books, The Economy of Modern Sindh: Opportunities Lost and Lessons for the Future and Agents of Change: The Problematic Landscape of Pakistan K-12 Education and the People Leading the Change, both published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). Nadeem writes on a range of subjects covering governance, poverty, inequality, and social change. His research interests include public finance, political economy, institutions, economic growth, and private sector development. He contributes op-eds to leading English newspapers.