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David Shariatmadari

David Shariatmadari is a freelance writer and founding editor of Central Asia Now. Born in London of mixed Iranian/English parentage, he studied Linguistics at Cambridge University and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. His website is here.

Recent articles


Two types of veiling

Do veils oppress or liberate? It depends on why you're wearing one, argues David Shariatmadari

The sultan and the glamour model

"The same patterns seen in the mass media are replicating themselves on the internet." David Shariatmadari speaks to the Wikipedians countering systemic bias in the world’s biggest encyclopaedia.

Through a looking glass

An eighty-year-old newspaper and a superstitious moment give David Shariatmadari fresh perspective on his anxious modern condition.