Wakar Uddin
Director-General, Arakan Rohingya Union
Dr. Wakar Uddin is Rohingya Muslim, born in Maungdaw, Arakan state, Burma/Myanmar. He is a professor at Penn State University, Director General of Arakan Rohingya Union, Founding Chairman of Burmese Rohingya Association of North America, and the President of Muslim Aid America. Arakan Rohingya Union was formed by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and it is recognized by all the 57 member countries of OIC as the official organization of the Rohingya people.
October’s attacks on the Border Guard Police bases by the insurgent group Harakah al-Yaqin (HaY) in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and their aftermath have raised concerns over whether the Rohingya crisis [...] More
