first women's national soccer team Media and art Azita Ghanizada – Actress and TV host, she appeared in a number of films and TV shows Donnie Keshawarz - Canadian-American stage, film and television actor of Afghan descent Sonia Nassery Cole – Actress and director Anwar Hajher – Filmmaker and professor, 16 Days in Afghanistan Youssof Kohzad – Artist, Poet, Painter and Actor Zakia Kohzad – Former Afghan actress and news anchor Nabil Miskinyar – Television anchor Jawed Wassel – Writer/Director of first Afghan Oscar contender Feature Film called FireDancer. Josh Gad – Actor appearing in Frozen and Jobs. Afghan-Jewish father. Leena Alam – Actress from Kabuli Kid, Loori, Soil and Coral, and The Unknown Fahim Fazli – Actor who appears in various films, such as Iron Man Robert Joffrey – born Abdullah Jaffa Bey Khan is known for co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet Aman Mojadidi – Artist whose art focuses on Afghan politics and cross-cultural identity Noor Wodjouatt, founder of Zarin TV and performer at Kennedy Center Musicians Omar Akram – Pianist who won a Grammy award for best new age album Farhad Darya – Afghan musician Jawad Ghaziyar – Afghan musician Rahim Jahani – Afghan musician Naim Popal – Afghan musician Ahmad Wali – Afghan musician Aziz Herawi - Afghan musician Naghma - Afghan musician Ehsan Aman - Afghan musician Beauty pageant contestants Zohra Daoud – Miss Afghanistan 1974 Vida Samadzai – Beauty for a Cause of Miss Earth 2003 Afghan royalty Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan and Khatul Begum, Princess of Afghanistan Other Hevad Khan – Professional Poker player Zahira Zahir - Sister of Afghan singer Ahmad Zahir. Known for cutting the hair George W. Bush, among others. Ahmad Khan Rahami – Perpetrator of the 2016 New York and New Jersey bombings Omar Mateen – Perpetrator of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting Razia Jan - head of non-profit education organization in Afghanistan Shamim Jawad - Women's rights advocate and aid worker See also Afghan diaspora Afghanistan–United States relations Demographics of Afghanistan References Further reading Aslami, Wajma. "The Impact of 9/11 on Afghan-American Leaders." Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship 15.1 (2010): 124+. Baden, John Kenneth. "Through Disconnection and Revival: Afghan American Relations with Afghanistan, 1890-2016." (PhD Diss. Case Western Reserve University, 2018). Cvetkovich, Ann. “Can the Diaspora Speak? Afghan Americans and the 9/11 Oral History Archive.” Radical History Review (2011), no. 111 (2011): 90-100. Eigo, Tim.