The World Fellows

Zafar Sobhan | Bangladesh | 2009

Media Consultant; Columnist, The Sunday Guardian

After seven years as a senior editor at The Daily Star, Bangladesh’s paper of record, and four years as editor of Forum, a monthly magazine focusing on politics and economics that is a must-read for those looking for in-depth analysis of national issues in Bangladesh, Sobhan is now a consultant working to help transform the Bangladeshi media landscape by directing the reorganization and relaunch of The Independent, Dhaka Courier, and The Financial Express, and the launch of Shokaler Khabor, among other media clients. Considered an outstanding social and political commentator of his generation, Sobhan continues to write a weekly opinion column for The Sunday Guardian, and is Bangladesh's first columnist to be syndicated outside the country. In addition, he has written for TIME, YaleGlobal, EPW, and Outlook, among other publications.  He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2005.

Media

Bangladeshis deserve more from politics than strikes and violence, The Guardian, April 26, 2012

Bhagwati is utterly wrong on Yunus, The Sunday Guardian, April 3, 2011

Bangladesh, in the Aftermath of 9/11, Seminar, November 6 , 2010

Netcast (audio): Censorship and Speech in Bangladesh, December 4, 2009.  Click here for Netcast >>

Global Crisis: Bangladesh Bucks the Trend, YaleGlobal Online, October 14, 2009

An Open Letter to President Obama, The Daily Star, June 5, 2009

After the Mutiny, Questions About Bangladesh's Army, TIME, March 2, 2009