Sahar Zand

Sahar Zand (Persian: سحر‌زند, born 21 January 1989), is a British Iranian television and radio presenter, broadcast journalist and documentary maker.[1]

Sahar Zand
Born (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989
Tehran, Iran
NationalityBritish, Iranian
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit(s)BBC, Channel 4
Websitewww.saharzand.com

Zand has worked across the BBC, Channel 4 and other international broadcasters covering breaking news, hard-hitting stories, live events and in-depth investigations in some of the world's most hostile environments.[1][2][3][4]

Her range of domestic and international stories include topics such as Iran Nuclear Deal,[5] the #metoo movement in Bollywood,[6][7] mental health in Afghanistan,[8][9][10][11] the refugee crisis,[12] climate change,[13] domestic violence,[14] police shootings in the US,[15] war on fake news,[16] and fame through social media.[17]

Documentaries

Chosen as one of the best reports by BBC's reporters in 2016,[18] Zand's report "The Moroccan warrior women beating men at their own games" showed how Berber women are taking on men and winning in the high-octane and dangerous game of Fantasia, where teams of riders charge together, firing their rifles in unison.[19]

Zand created BBC documentary "Living with the dead", showing the extreme rituals around deaths on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, with corpses often kept in family homes for years.[20][21][22]

In another FPA-shortlisted BBC documentary "Madness of War", Zand had access to Afghanistan's only secure psychiatric unit and its patients who included former Taliban and Mujahideen fighters, investigating how nearly forty years of various wars have affected the mental health of the country's people.[8][9][10][11][23]

In 2018, Zand made the documentary "India: Bollywood #MeToo" for Channel 4's current affairs programme "Unreported World", investigating how the #metoo campaign has taken off in India's film industry, meeting leading actresses speaking out against assault, sexual harassment and rape."[6][7]

Personal life

Zand was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1989. While Zand was a child, her family fled Iran, followed by staying in refugee camps until she as a teenager settled in the UK.[1]

While studying architecture at the University of Kent, she wrote for the university newspaper and learned to produce and direct films, which led to a career within documentary making and journalism. She currently lives in London.[24]

References
  1. "Presenters: Sahar Zand". Noel Gay. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  2. "Sahar Zand: British Iranian journalist and presenter". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. "The week in radio: The World According to Studs Terkel; People Fixing the World podcast; Between the Ears". The Guardian. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. "What's on TV tonight: Nadiya's Asian Odyssey, Hidden Wales, and more". The Telegraph. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  5. "Iran's Nuclear Deal". BBC World News. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  6. "Unreported World: Series 2018 - Episode 5: Bollywood #metoo". Channel 4. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  7. "Bollywood #MeToo: Can India's Actresses ever find Justice?". Desiblitz. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  8. "Madness of war". BBC World News. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  9. "What remains of the war". The Hindu. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  10. "Afghanistan's Lone Psychiatric Hospital Reveals Mental Health Crisis Fueled By War". NPR. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  11. "Scars Visible & Invisible: Afghanistan's Mental Illness Epidemic". The Quint. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  12. "Cash Cards for Syrian Refugees". BBC World Service. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  13. "How eating insects could help climate change". BBC World Service. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  14. "The migrant fleeing domestic abuse". BBC World Service. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  15. "Reducing US Police Shootings". BBC World Service. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  16. "The War On Fake News". BBC World Service. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  17. "How did Jayde Pierce become '#Instafamous'?". BBC World Service. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  18. "Life Stories season on BBC World Service". BBC World Service. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  19. "The Moroccan warrior women beating men at their own games". BBC News. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  20. "Living with the dead". BBC News. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  21. "Living with the dead: The Indonesian village treating relatives' corpses as if they're alive". The Independent. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  22. "The country full of teenagers. Plus: what it's like to live with dead bodies". The Spectator. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  23. "Foreign Press Association Awards 2018: Radio/Podcast of the Year". Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  24. "Sahar Zand". LinkedIn. Retrieved 1 December 2018.


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