Ruhila Adatia-Sood
Ruhila Adatia-Sood | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ruhila Adatia August 29, 1982 |
| Died | September 21, 2013 (aged 31) |
| Citizenship | Kenyan |
| Alma mater | Rhodes University |
| Occupation | Radio Africa Group presenter |
| Years active | 2007–2013 |
| Organization | Kiss FM |
| Spouse | Ketan Sood |
Ruhila Adatia-Sood (29 August 1982 – 21 September 2013)[1] was a Kenyan television and radio presenter and journalist[2] of Indian heritage.[3]
Ruhila Adatia was born and brought up in Kitisuru, Nairobi.[2][3] She graduated from Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi,[4] and in 2007 from Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Since 2007 she had worked for Kenya Radio Africa Group as a news presenter and Rankingshow Kiss 100 moderator for Kiss TV, and Metro East FM, a radio station in Nairobi aimed at Kenyan Asians. Since 2011 she was, together with Kamal Kaur, a moderator of a TV cooking show for children,[5] recorded each month in Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi.[6]
She was a member of Kenya's Ismaili Muslim community.[7] In January 2012, she married Ketan Sood, a member of the USAID mission in Nairobi; the wedding took place at the Arya Samaj Temple in Parklands, Nairobi.[8]
She was wounded in the Westgate shopping mall shooting while hosting a cooking competition for children in the centre's rooftop car park, and died on the way to the Aga Khan Hospital.[9] At the time of her death, at the age of 31,[7] she was six or seven months pregnant with her first child.[10][11]
References
- ^ Zachary Stieber, "Ruhila Adatia-Sood One of 68 Dead After Terror Attack at Kenya’s Westgate Mall", Epoch Times, 22 September 2013
- ^ a b "Radio Journalist Ruhila Adatia Killed in Westgate Attack: Her Last Media Update". mwakilishi.com. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ a b Mukel, Catherine (15 September 2012). "Kenya: Relative Values - I Had My First Relationship in My 20s, It Was Approved By My Sisters and Friends". The Star. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Ruhila Adatia-Sood
- ^ Article: Kenya mall attack: Indian-origin radio presenter among those killed on ndtv.com
- ^ Article: East FM Radio Presenter And Ruhila Adatia's Close Friend Kamal Kaur Talks About Her Harrowing Ordeal At Westgate! on ghafla.co.ke
- ^ a b "Kenya buries its dead amid search for bodies and clues". New Straits Times. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
- ^ James Murua, "Kiss TV's Gossip Girl weds", The Star, 9 January 2012
- ^ BBC News - Ruhila Adatia-Sood
- ^ "Kenya standoff: The victims". BBC News. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
- ^ "Documentary 'Terror at the Mall' marks first anniversary of Westgate Mall siege"
