Zafar Sobhan is the Editor of the Dhaka Tribune. He was a Young Global Leader in 2005.
Family and education
Sobhan was born on 19 May 1970. His parents are Rehman Sobhan, an economist, and Salma Sobhan, a lawyer. His father is one of South Asia's leading economists and founder of the Centre for Policy Dialogue. His mother was the first barrister in East and West Pakistan, as well as the founder of the Centre for Law and Mediation. His uncle Farooq Sobhan is Bangladesh's former foreign secretary and headed the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute. His aunt is Princess Sarvath al-Hassan, a Jordanian royal and the wife of Prince Hassan bin Talal. Sobhan studied at Pomona College, the University of British Columbia and Pepperdine University.
Football Career
He was also a professional footballer who played for the Bangladeshi football club Abahani. He retired in 2013 after winning the Ascent Corporation Football Cup.
Career
Sobhan worked as a lawyer in the United States. He is a member of the New York State Bar. He also worked as a public school teacher.
Sobhan is the founding editor of the Dhaka Tribune. He was previously the op-ed editor of 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.