Zain Awan
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Zain Awan is an Indian born international TV journalist of Arab origin. He has worked with The Times of India
and various international TV channels including NHK
(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and most recently Al Jazeera English.
and completed Bachelors degree in English literature
and Post Graduation in TV Journalism from Delhi. Coming from an educated and influential family, Zain chose journalism as his career over family businesses.
, Sri Lanka
and Tamil Nadu
.
Previously, Zain was based in New Delhi
and freelanced with APTN
, Sky News
and China Central TV from across India, covering the Chinese Prime Minister's historic visit to India (2005), Kashmiri cross-border bus and President Musharraf’s ‘Cricket Diplomacy’.
He has also extensively covered India-Pakistan relations.
In 2002, Zain moved to Spain to work with the Oscar-award winning banner El Deseo on a docudrama
on relations between Islam and the West after the 9/11 attacks. The film was about two young men (one Muslim, played by Zain himself and another Christian, played by Cesar) in two different geographical locations, meet through the internet playing chess.
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
and various international TV channels including NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and most recently Al Jazeera English.
Education and early life
Zain spent most of his childhood in DelhiDelhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
and completed Bachelors degree in English literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
and Post Graduation in TV Journalism from Delhi. Coming from an educated and influential family, Zain chose journalism as his career over family businesses.
Career
At the age of 22, he worked as NHK’s South Asia correspondent and covered the Asian tsunami disaster and filed special reports on post-tsunami life in the MaldivesMaldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
and Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
.
Previously, Zain was based in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
and freelanced with APTN
Associated Press Television News
Associated Press Television News, abbreviated as either AP Television News or APTN, is a global video news agency.-About:AP Television News is the video division of the Associated Press. It provides many of the world's broadcasters with a round-the-clock continuous feed of news, sports,...
, Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
and China Central TV from across India, covering the Chinese Prime Minister's historic visit to India (2005), Kashmiri cross-border bus and President Musharraf’s ‘Cricket Diplomacy’.
He has also extensively covered India-Pakistan relations.
In 2002, Zain moved to Spain to work with the Oscar-award winning banner El Deseo on a docudrama
Docudrama
In film, television programming and staged theatre, docudrama is a documentary-style genre that features dramatized re-enactments of actual historical events. As a neologism, the term is often confused with docufiction....
on relations between Islam and the West after the 9/11 attacks. The film was about two young men (one Muslim, played by Zain himself and another Christian, played by Cesar) in two different geographical locations, meet through the internet playing chess.