Sarwar Ahmed

Sarwar Ahmed (Bengali: সরয়ার আহমেদ; born 9 July 1971) is a British publisher, founder of Eastern Eye, and publisher of Asiana and Asiana Wedding.

Sarwar Ahmed
সরয়ার আহমেদ
Born (1971-07-09) 9 July 1971
NationalityBritish
OccupationPublisher
Years active1989–present
Known forFounder of Eastern Eye
Children1

Background

Ahmed was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire and his family moved to London when he was six months old. He was brought up in East London and his father was a Bengali journalist.[1]

Career

In 1989,[2] at the age of 18,[1] Ahmed founded Eastern 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 the Asian Times, The Caribbean Times and New Nation, then sold up to launch Smart Asian Media, publishers of Asian Woman magazine, Asian Bride and Asian Xpress newspaper.[4] He later sold Smart Asian Media and launched Asiana magazine.[1][5]

In 2002, Ahmed was appointed to The Newspapers Panel of the Competition Commission.[4] He is currently publisher of Asiana and Asiana Wedding.[6]

Awards

In January 2013, Ahmed was awarded the Services to Media award at the British Muslim Awards.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. "British Bengali Success Stories". BritBangla. 2002. Retrieved 1 February 2014. Sarwar Ahmed
  2. "Ethnic papers figure it out". The Independent. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. Donnell, Alison (2001). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. p. 250. ISBN 978-0415169899.
  4. Vasagar, Jeevan; Kelso, Paul; James-Gregory, Sally; Dodd, Vikram (17 June 2002). "The winners". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  5. "Asiana sold more than 30,000 for second issue, figures show". Asians In Media. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  6. "British Bangladeshi 'Power 100'". The Bangladesh Chronicle. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  7. Begum, Shelina (31 January 2013). "Winners honoured at British Muslim Awards". Manchester Evening News. Manchester. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  8. "Winners honoured at British Muslim Awards". Asian Image. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.


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