Training Courses

Cultural Training Team

Saeid Majed / Cultural Advisor and Instructor

Areas of Interest: Political science, Human rights, humanitarian action, conflict prevention, and track two diplomacy, for GCC, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.

Experience: Iraq insurgency, Iraqi politics, Iraqi culture and society, Iraqi militias. Iran foreign and domestic policy, Iran culture and society, Afghanistan insurgency, Afghanistan culture and society.

Academic Experience: Visiting lecturer, Department of Political Science, Kuwait and UAE, University’s, 2003-2006 Senior Researcher Gulf centre for strategic studies

Publications: Iraq insurgency and resistance – paper, Iran Forgone policy – paper, Iran Rafsanjani Book, GCC Ties, The present situation in Iraq and the forces involved - paper
Civil War Fears in Iraq – paper, Iraqi Tribes – Book and Iraq future policy Book.

Languages:English, Arabic, Persian, Farsi Dary.

Fazel Beria / Cultural Training Team Manager

Fazel Beria has extensive experience in the Afghan world and has a comprehensive knowledge of Afghanistan,
Afghan culture, Pashtunwali, Islam, the Afghan government structure, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) structure and organisation as well as having a good working relationship with Governor, ANP and ANA in Helmand today.

Fasel speaks Pashtu, Dari, Russian, Hendi, and English fluently.

Recently Fazel has managed the OPTAG cultural project for Prestige , Multi Lingua and TQ Education and Training Ltd since 2005 to January this year. He has presented over 1000 lectures to British troops for the past 5 years as well as during the same period co-ordinating all the CFXs, MRXs, CASTs.

Fazel has also managed over 80 afghan role players during CFX and MRX for each brigade. As a senior Afghan Cultural Advisor has been responsible for all TCC and lectures for SOIR for the past 5 years.

Previously Fazel worked as the Head of British Charity ‘Children in Crisis’ (CIC) and for the ‘Education for Sustainability Network in Afghanistan 2002-2005’. He also coordinated the Afghan Association of London (Afghan Cultural Centre) 2005.

Fazel has a BA Hons in British Politics and European studies and an extensive knowledge as well as good working relationship with all levels of British Army.
References on his capability can be got by contacting HQ OPTAG and TQ.