Sajid Rizvi

Background

Rizvi, Sajid was born on February 2, 1947 in Lucknow, India. Son of Shahinshah and Amatuzzehra Rizvi.

Education

Bachelor, U. Karachi, 1969.

Career

Proofreader, Morning News, Karachi, Pakistan, 1964-1966; sub-editor, Morning News, Karachi, 1966-1970; city editor, Morning News, Karachi, 1970-1974; assistant editor, The Tehran (Iran) Journal, 1974-1976; executive editor, The Tehran (Iran) Journal, 1976-1977; bureau chief, correspondent, United Press International, Tehran, 1977-1980; bureau chief, correspondent, United Press International, Ankara, Turkey, 1980-1981; senior correspondent, United Press International, London, 1981-1984; diplomatic editor, Compass News Features, Luxembourg, 1984-1987; director, Center for Near East Afro-Asia Research, London, since 1987. Tehran correspondent United Press International.

Achievements

• Certified advanced journalism Thomson Center for Journalism Studies, Cardiff, Wales.

Works

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• book

  • Art and Artists in Kuwait: A Special Presentation in Eastern Art Report

    (This is a monograph special issue of "Eastern Art Report"...)

  • Chinese Art in the 1990s I (Eastern Art Report)
  • Art and Artists in Dubai (Eastern Art Report)
  • Eastern Art in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford (Eastern Art Report): 1 (Great Museums of the World) by Sajid Rizvi (1995-05-01)

Membership

Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, The International Institute for Strategic Studies, Royal Society for Asian Affairs.

Interests

• Avocations: walking, reading, chess, listening to music.

Connections

Married Shirley Joseph, July 31, 1975. 1 child, Asad.