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'''Zafar Sobhan''' is a Bangladeshi editor and columnist. He is currently serving as [[Editor-in-Chief]] of the ''[[Dhaka Tribune]]'', one of Bangladesh's largest circulating English-language newspapers. Sobhan was previously the [[Op-ed]] Editor of the ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]'' and the head of ''[[Forum (Bangladesh)|Forum]]'' magazine. He has been a columnist with ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Sunday Guardian]]'', ''[[TIME (magazine)|TIME]]'' |
'''Zafar Sobhan''' is a Bangladeshi editor and columnist. He is currently serving as [[Editor-in-Chief]] of the ''[[Dhaka Tribune]]'', one of Bangladesh's largest circulating English-language newspapers. Sobhan was previously the [[Op-ed]] Editor of the ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]'' and the head of ''[[Forum (Bangladesh)|Forum]]'' magazine. He has been a columnist with ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Sunday Guardian]]'', ''[[TIME (magazine)|TIME]]'' and ''[[Outlook (magazine)|Outlook]]''.<ref>http://worldfellows.yale.edu/zafar-sobhan</ref> In 2005, he was named by the [[World Economic Forum]] as a [[Young Global Leader]]. He was a [[Yale World Fellow]] in 2009.<ref>http://www.sunday-guardian.com/profile/zafar-sobhan</ref><ref>http://www.weforum.org/young-global-leaders/zafar-sobhan</ref> |
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Sobhan is the son of economist and freedom fighter [[Rehman Sobhan]] and barrister [[Salma Sobhan]]. He studied at [[Pomona College]] in the US and the [[University of British Columbia]] in Canada. |
Sobhan is the son of economist and freedom fighter [[Rehman Sobhan]] and barrister [[Salma Sobhan]]. He studied at [[Pomona College]] in the US and the [[University of British Columbia]] in Canada. |
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Revision as of 06:46, 26 December 2013
Zafar Sobhan is a Bangladeshi editor and columnist. He is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Dhaka Tribune, one of Bangladesh's largest circulating English-language newspapers. Sobhan was previously the Op-ed Editor of the The Daily Star and the head of Forum magazine. He has been a columnist with The Guardian, The Sunday Guardian, TIME and Outlook.[1] In 2005, he was named by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. He was a Yale World Fellow in 2009.[2][3]
Sobhan is the son of economist and freedom fighter Rehman Sobhan and barrister Salma Sobhan. He studied at Pomona College in the US and the University of British Columbia in Canada.