Abid Ullah Jan


Abid Ullah Jan is a featured writer and community development specialist in Ottawa Ontario, Canada. He has conceptualized and implemented a model of crime prevention through social development in South East Ottawa, called No Community Left Behind. The program won several Awards, including Community Builder of the Year Award from the United Way Ottawa. Abid Jan was also awarded with Community Safety Leader award by Crime prevention ottawa on November 3, 2009, and Heroes Among Us award by OCISO Ottawa on March 10, 2010.
Abid Jan wrote extensively on the issues of world peace, human rights and man’s inhumanity to man. In 2006, he decided to quiet writing, questioning the effectiveness of merely analyzing and writing, and the ever-worsening plight of humanity and also questioning possible solution/s to the deepening crisis.
Since 2006, Abid Ullah Jan has devoted his time to learning and exploring existential questions that haunt human beings since the beginning of time – questions concerning the essence of what it means to be alive, such as: What is life? What is the meaning and the essence of existence? Are we here merely by chance or is there a greater purpose for our existence? How should we live our life? What is death? What happens when we die? And above all: Is there a God, and, if so, what is the purpose of our existence in that context?
After 10 years of giving up on the traditional political analysis, Abid Ullah Jan had thoroughly explored the world of knowledge as a neutral researcher. In 2016, Abid Jan started sharing his findings in the form of video documentaries and some dialogues with his son. The documentaries and dialogue to provide the essence of Abid Jan 27 years of critical analysis of the root cause of our existential crisis. He also covers the topics that help youth learn how to stay in the middle, adopt a moderate course and stay away from going to the extremes.

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