1. Sada Cumber is an expert on US foreign policy and national security issues.
11 Facts About Sada Cumber
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In that capacity, Cumber advanced United States interests among the OIC's 57 members nations, including promoting mutual understanding and dialogue while combating intolerance, extremism and the conditions which create it.
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Sada Cumber was born in Karachi, Dominion of Pakistan in 1951 to a Sindhi family.
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Sada Cumber holds a bachelor's degree in commerce and a master's degree in history, both from the University of Karachi.
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Sada Cumber came to the United States in 1978 with his wife, Mumtaz, and has been an American citizen since 1986.
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Sada Cumber acquired a photo lab in Midland, Texas before expanding to Austin, eventually owning seven photo labs in the city.
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From small business ownership, Sada Cumber transitioned into entrepreneurship, using his background in photography and photo processing as starting point.
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In 2005 Sada Cumber made his first foray into the diplomatic world as honorary Consul General for the Republic of Malta.
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Sada Cumber later served two terms as president of the Aga Khan Council for the Southwestern United States.
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Sada Cumber was first exposed to Sufi philosophy as a boy in Karachi through listening to Ginans and Qawwali music.
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Sada Cumber named his daughter Rabia in honor of Rabia Basri, the Arab Muslim saint and Sufi mystic, who believed that for one who truly loved God, that love alone should be enough without the promise of heaven or the threat of Hell.