Shafie Ayar (born 1961) is an Afghan American activist and author. ^[1]

Ayar is the author of five books: Hamasa-e-Eman, Paqnjal Hae-e-Khoneen, Nawrooze tan Behrooz, Afghanistan – Jihad and Peace, and Afghan Hearts & Minds.

John Iwasaki, in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, wrote that Ayar was critical of the Afghan regime: "With Karzai able to appoint one-third of the upper house of the Afghan legislature, it's not democracy at all". ^[2] Apart from the politics, wrote Iwasaki, Ayar saw Afghanistan in a poor state: "The roads were potholed even on streets in front of the Capitol", Ayar said, while "The only eggs he saw for sale were trucked in from Pakistan and Iran". ^[2] And while the Soviets had long gone (since 1989), "Twenty years is enough time for people to have chicken farms". ^[2] Shafie Ayar currently has a show on YouTube which talks about Islam and Politics.

The poet Nicholas Klacsanzky, ^{[3] [4]} reviewing Afghan Hearts & Minds, wrote that "Through pleasant and conversational language, author Shafie Ayar induces the reader into a state of enjoying simple pleasures through his sincere gratitude for a life other than torture."