Jawed Maleki is a journalist and currently Executive Director of Herat-based the Afghanistan Media Research and Studies Institute. Mr. Maleki is a Bachelors of Journalism from Herat University and Masters of Communications from Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran. He has worked as a journalist with Herat based media houses including Editor in Chief of Barg-e Nakhost Daily, Local reporter for Ariana News, Reporter with Mozhda Radio and Also Broadcast Manager and presenter of Radio Mardom.