Basharat Peer

Basharat Peer
Peer in 2017
Bornc. 1977
Seer Hamdan, Jammu and Kashmir
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, political commentator
Notable credits
Spouse
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(m. 2013)​

Basharat Peer (Kashmiri: بشارت پیٖر, born 1977) is a Kashmiri[1][2][3] journalist, script writer, and author.[4]

Peer spent his early youth in the Kashmir Valley before shifting to Aligarh and then, Delhi for higher education.[5] In August 2006,[6] he relocated from India to New York City in the United States, where he is currently based as an opinion-editor at The New York Times.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Sircar, Subhadip (11 August 2010). "'My Nationality a Matter of Dispute': Basharat Peer". WSJ. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. ^ Peer, Basharat (2 March 2019). "Opinion | The Young Suicide Bomber Who Brought India and Pakistan to the Brink of War (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ Shamsie, Kamila (4 June 2010). "Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer | Book review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (25 February 2015). "Nothing as difficult as writing a book: Basharat Peer". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ^ Nath, Shiven (23 September 2020). "Curfewed Night- Book Review". Modern Diplomacy. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ^ Peer, Basharat (June 2007). "Style Over Substance". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. ^ "The Wail of Kashmir". Indian Express. 30 November 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  8. ^ "How green was my valley". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Basharat Peer is New York Times staff Editor". Kashmir Life. 22 December 2016.[permanent dead link]