UMarjan Nahavandi uyilungu le World BEYOND War's Board futhi ungum-Iranian-American owakhulela e-Iran ngesikhathi sempi ne-Iraq. Wasuka e-Iran ngolunye usuku ngemva “kokuyeka ukudubula” eyophishekela imfundo yakhe e-US Ngemva kuka-9/11 nezimpi ezalandela e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, uMarjan wanciphisa izifundo zakhe ukuze ajoyine izisebenzi zosizo e-Afghanistan. Kusukela ngo-2005, uMarjan usehlale futhi wasebenza e-Afghanistan enethemba “lokulungisa” lokho okwase kuphulwe amashumi eminyaka zempi. Usebenze nohulumeni, okungezona uhulumeni, kanye nabadlali bezempi ukubhekana nezidingo zama-Afghan asengozini kakhulu ezweni lonke. Uzibonele mathupha ukubhujiswa kwempi futhi ukhathazekile ngokuthi izinqumo zenqubomgomo ezingenangqondo nezingalungile zabaholi abaningi bezwe abanamandla zizoqhubeka ziphumela ekubhujisweni okwengeziwe. UMarjan uneziqu zeMasters in Islamic Studies futhi njengamanje uzinze ePortugal ezama ukubuyela e-Afghanistan.
