Prestigious US fellowship to Kashmiri journalist Shuja’at Bukhari

Prominent Kashmir journalist Shuja’at Bukhari has been awarded prestigious fellowship by Hawaii based East West Centre to attend month long Senior Journalists Seminar entitled "Bridging Gaps Between the US and the Muslim World".

Bukhari who is the Bureau Chief for The Hindu in Jammu and Kashmir, is among ten journalists selected throughout US and Asia to attend the seminar aimed at discussing the issues in the relationship between US and the Muslim World especially post September 11, 2001.

The participants will deliberate upon key issues like political and cultural challenges faced by professional journalists in reporting and commenting on issues in contemporary Asian-US relations.

They will explore these issues with government officials, diplomats, community leaders (Muslims and others) religious authorities and others active in the dialogue on Asian-US relations.

These issues will be discussed in Honolulu, Washington, Tennessee, California, Islamabad, Singapore and Malaysia beginning March 15. Journalists from Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and the United States are participating in the program.  For attending the seminar the journalists have been awarded a fellowship by the East West Centre. The selection has come through a keenly participated process by large number of journalists.

A permanent fellow of World Press Institute USA, Bukhari has received number of International awards and honours in the past. He is also the fellow of Asian Centre for Journalism at Manila University.