Daud Junbish
| Daud Junbish | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Occupation | |
| Years active | 1994 – |
| Known for | Mullah Omar interviews |
| Notable work | Open Jirga |
Daud Junbish is a BBC journalist.[1][2][3] He is one of the few journalists in the world who has met former Taliban chief Mullah Omar, and has interviewed him on multiple occasions.[4] He is the author of What Is Really Happening In Afghanistan?, 24 Hours That Turned Afghanistan Around, and Red Army In Afghanistan.[3]
Life and career
Junbish completed his Ph.D from Moscow State University in the area of journalism.[5]
Junbish joined BBC Moscow in 1994 as a reporter. He subsequently became a senior editor with BBC Radio for their Afghanistan service.[6] Currently, he works with BBC's Afghanistan service as a producer.[5]
One of Junbish's most notable meetings was in 1996, when he met the then Taliban head, Mullah Omar. Over the next few years, Junbish interviewed Omar multiple times for BBC.[4] In August 2015, the BBC program The Fifth Floor interviewed Junbish in a special feature, covering the range of interviews Junbish had held with Omar.[4]
Over his career with BBC, Junbish has written a number of books on Afghanistan, including What Is Really Happening In Afghanistan?, 24 Hours That Turned Afghanistan Around, and Red Army In Afghanistan.[3] He has also written two textbooks for Kabul University's journalism faculty.[5]
Open Jirga
Junbish is the presenter for the BBC program Open Jirga,[5] a show featuring a panel discussion amongst notable personalities combined with audience questions.[7] The show is funded by the UK government's Department for International Development[8] and is jointly produced by the Afghan service of BBC, BBC Media Action, and Radio Television Afghanistan.[7] Junbish, who launched the show in 2012 as a weekly series,[9] has invited and featured prominent personalities like Sulaiman Layeq and Mohammad Mohaqiq in the discussion panels.[7]
The issues taken up by Junbish in various episodes have been praised by various international media.[10][11] BBC described the third edition of the show, hosted by Junbish, as including a "ground-breaking exchange".[7] The Junbish-hosted series became so successful that Hamid Karzai, then the President of Afghanistan, sought an invitation to the show (Karzai was subsequently invited and appeared therein).[9] Junbish's show is credited with influencing government and civil society action on various national and regional issues.[9] Le Monde reported that over 2 to 3 million people were regular viewers of the show, a high figure for a nation with a population of around 30 million.[9]
References
- ↑ "Testing times begin for Afghan-style democracy". Global Times. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Afghans Still Dispute Legacy Of Former 'Bandit King'". Afghan Online Press. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "BBC journalist Daud Junbish's services acclaimed". Pajhwok Afghan News. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, Meeting Mullah Omar". BBC. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "BBC Media Action - Daud Junbish". BBC. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ↑ Asia Pacific Media Conference (26–28 November 2014). "Reporting on Conflicts and Disasters: The Media Debates Its Role" (PDF). Hiroshima, Japan: International Committee of Red Cross. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "BBC Blogs - BBC Media Action - Afghanistan's political parties: the future?". BBC. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ↑ "BBC - Afghanistan's Open Jirga - Media Action". BBC. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Des questions, des critiques et des actes". Le Monde. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Afghan TV show brings officials face-to-face with ordinary people". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ↑ "En Afghanistan, la télévision affronte les problèmes de société". Le Monde. Retrieved October 1, 2016.