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Zafar Sobhan

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Nationality
  
Bangladeshi

Occupation
  
Editor, columnist


Name
  
Zafar Sobhan

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Parents
  
Salma Sobhan, Rehman Sobhan

Grandparents
  
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Mohammed Ikramullah, Khondker Fazle Sobhan

Alma mater
  
Pomona College, University of British Columbia

People also search for
  
Rehman Sobhan, Salma Sobhan, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Mohammed Ikramullah

Great-grandparents
  
Hassan Suhrawardy


Zafar Sobhan is a Bangladeshi editor and columnist.

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Education and career

Sobhan is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Dhaka Tribune. He was previously the Op-ed Editor of the 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. In 2005, he was named by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader and was a Yale World Fellow in 2009.

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. He also worked as a corporate attorney in Manhattan and a New York City public school teacher.

References

Zafar Sobhan Wikipedia