Background
Zia Jaffrey was born in New York, United States, in the family of Madhur Jaffrey and Saeed Jaffrey. She spent part of her childhood in Delhi, India.
Zia Jaffrey was born in New York, United States, in the family of Madhur Jaffrey and Saeed Jaffrey. She spent part of her childhood in Delhi, India.
Zia attended Barnard College, where she majored in English, and the Columbia University Graduate Writing Division for fiction.
Zia Jaffrey developes her career as the author. She has written cover stories, features, and book reviews for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, Vogue, and Elle, where she was a contributing editor. She has covered the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, Pakistan, South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the global AIDS epidemic, and is currently working on two books.
Quotes from others about the person
Ms. Jaffrey is a sympathetic but hardheaded observer, not just of her subject but, sometimes more interestingly, of herself as well.