Sarwar Ahmed
Sarwar Ahmed | |
|---|---|
সরয়ার আহমেদ | |
| Born | 9 July 1971 Keighley,Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Known for | Founder ofEastern Eye |
| Children | 1 |
Sarwar Ahmed(Bengali:সরয়ার আহমেদ;born 9 July 1971) is a British publisher, founder ofEastern Eye,and publisher ofAsianaandAsiana Wedding.
Background
[edit]Ahmed was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire and his family moved to London when he was six months old. He was brought up inEast London.His father was aBengalijournalist.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1989,[2]at the age of 18,[1]Ahmed foundedEastern Eye[3]and was the managing director of Smart Asian Media Limited. He was formerly publisher of Ethnic Media Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Southnews plc.[1]
Ahmed became editor-in-chief of four newspapers, having bought theAsian Times,The Caribbean TimesandNew Nation,then sold up to launchSmart Asian Media,publishers ofAsian Womanmagazine,Asian BrideandAsian Xpressnewspaper.[4]He later soldSmart Asian Mediaand launchedAsianamagazine.[1][5]
In 2002, Ahmed was appointed to The Newspapers Panel of the Competition Commission.[4]He is currently publisher ofAsianaandAsiana Wedding.[6]
Awards
[edit]In January 2013, Ahmed was awarded the Services to Media award at theBritish Muslim Awards.[7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcd"British Bengali Success Stories".BritBangla. 2002.Retrieved1 February2014.Sarwar Ahmed
- ^"Ethnic papers figure it out".The Independent.31 August 2004. Archived fromthe originalon February 24, 2014.Retrieved1 February2014.
- ^Donnell, Alison (2001).Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture.Routledge.p. 250.ISBN978-0415169899.
- ^abVasagar, Jeevan; Kelso, Paul; James-Gregory, Sally; Dodd, Vikram (17 June 2002)."The winners".The Guardian.Retrieved1 February2014.
- ^"Asiana sold more than 30,000 for second issue, figures show".Asians In Media. 16 August 2004.Retrieved1 February2014.
- ^"British Bangladeshi 'Power 100'".The Bangladesh Chronicle.17 March 2013.Retrieved1 February2014.
- ^Begum, Shelina (31 January 2013)."Winners honoured at British Muslim Awards".Manchester Evening News.Manchester.Retrieved1 April2014.
- ^"Winners honoured at British Muslim Awards".Asian Image. 31 January 2013.Retrieved1 April2014.
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