Zafar Sobhan
Zafar Sobhan | |
|---|---|
| Born | H.Z.F. Sobhan May 19, 1970 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Other names | Zaf |
| Alma mater | Pomona College University of British Columbia Pepperdine University |
| Occupation(s) | Editor, columnist, attorney |
| Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) (6’7’’) |
| Spouse | Farzana (m. 2011) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Rehman Sobhan (father) Salma Sobhan (mother) |
Zafar Sobhan is a Bangladeshi attorney, editor and political commentator. He is editor of the Dhaka Tribune. He is also a former football player.
Family and education
Sobhan was born on 19 May 1970 in Dhaka, his parents are Rehman Sobhan, an economist, and Salma Sobhan, a lawyer. His father is one of South Asia's leading economists and founder of the Centre for Policy Dialogue. His mother was the first barrister in East and West Pakistan, as well as the founder of the Centre for Law and Mediation. His uncle Farooq Sobhan is Bangladesh's former foreign secretary and headed the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute. Sobhan studied at Pomona College, the University of British Columbia and Pepperdine University.
His wife is a painter, his son is a YouTuber.
Career
Sobhan worked as a corporate attorney in the United States. He is a member of the New York State Bar. He also worked as a public school teacher.[1][2][3]
Sobhan is the founding editor of the Dhaka Tribune. He was previously the op-ed editor of The Daily Star and the head of Forum magazine from 2004 to 2010. 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 and was a Yale World Fellow in 2009.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b "Profile: Zafar Sobhan". worldfellows.yale.edu. Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program, Yale University. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Zafar Sobhan". Pressbooks. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Zafar Sobhan". The World Economic Forum.
- ^ "Profile: Zafar Sobhan". Sunday Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012.
- ^ "The Forum of Young Global Leaders". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013.
- Bangladeshi journalists
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Pomona College alumni
- Pepperdine University alumni
- Yale University alumni
- Living people
- Bangladeshi newspaper editors
- 20th-century Bengalis
- 21st-century Bengalis
- 1970 births
- Suhrawardy family
- Members of the Dhaka Nawab family
- Urdu-speaking Bangladeshi