| Fareed Zakaria  Born: 20-Jan-1965
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Gender: Male
Religion: Muslim
Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Newsweek foreign affairs Editor of Foreign Affairs journal for seven years -- at age 28, the youngest editor ever -- and now editor of Newsweek International. Frequent guest on Charlie Rose's show and the Lehrer News Hour, very smart, articulate, and photogenic. Named by Esquire as one of the "21 most important people of the 21st Century". Zakaria is somewhat of a wine aficionado, and for a period authored a wine column for Slate. Father: Rafiq Zakaria (former deputy leader of the Congress party, d. 2005)
Mother: Fatima Zakaria (former Sunday editor, Times of India)
Brother: Arshad Zakaria (investment banker, b. 1962 Mumbai)
Wife: Paula Throckmorton (jewelry designer)
Son: Omar Edward (b. circa 2000)
High School: Cathedral School, Bombay, India
University: BA History, Yale University
University: PhD International Relations, Harvard University (1993)
Foreign Affairs
Newsweek
Slate
Council on Foreign Relations
Hoover Institution Media Fellow (2000)
International Institute for Strategic Studies
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Board of Trustees
New America Foundation Board of Directors
Trilateral Commission
Scroll and Key
Praeger Security International Advisory Board
TELEVISION
This Week Panelist
Official Website:
http://www.fareedzakaria.com/
Author of books:
Strong Nation, Weak State: The Rise of America to World Power (1998)
The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (2003)
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