Mustafa Nayem
| Mustafa Nayyem Мустафа Найєм نعیم مصطفى |
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Member of Parliament for Petro Poroshenko Bloc |
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Assumed office 27 November 2014 |
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June 28, 1981 Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
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Petro Poroshenko Bloc |
| Alma mater | Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
| Occupation | publicist; journalist of Kommersant, Ukrayinska Pravda and Hromadske.TV |
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.
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.
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.
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