What is Afridun Amu?
'''Afridun Amu''' was the first Afghan athlete to internationally represent [[Afghanistan]] in [[surfing]]. He participated in the International Surfing Association World Surfing Games in [[Biarritz]], [[France]] in May 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/28/afghan-surfer-battles-waves-cliches-world-tournament/|title=Afghan surfer battles waves and cliches at world tournament|first=Rory|last=Mulholland|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 May 2017|publisher=|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Amu also won the first official Afghan surfing championship for men in 2015 in Ericeira, [[Portugal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isasurf.org/afghans-have-determined-their-first-surf-champions-in-portugal/|title=Afghans have determined their first surf champions in Portugal|date=24 May 2015|publisher=|access-date=28 August 2017|archive-date=16 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716222819/http://www.isasurf.org/afghans-have-determined-their-first-surf-champions-in-portugal/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Amu was born in [[Kabul]], Afghanistan on June 23, 1987. He spent his childhood in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], where his father worked as a diplomat. His family moved to [[Germany]] as [[Right of asylum|political refugees]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgnPgXWciWY|title=Afridun Amu is first Afghan surfer in World Surfing Games|last=AFP news agency|date=23 May 2017|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> He graduated in [[law]], cultural science and design thinking. He works as an expert in Constitutional law at the [[Max Planck Foundation]] for International Peace and the Rule of Law<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mpfpr.de/foundation/staff/research-staff/afridun-amu/ |title=Afridun Amu |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-date=2017-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008174640/http://www.mpfpr.de/foundation/staff/research-staff/afridun-amu/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is a lecturer on Design thinking at the Hasso Plattner Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=ht