Farid Seiful-Mulyukov | |
Birth Name: | Farid Mustafevich Seiful-Mulyukov |
Birth Date: | November 19, 1930 |
Birth Place: | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
Death Date: | June 4, 2016 (aged 85) |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Nationality: | Soviet Russian |
Occupation: | writer orientalist journalist arabist |
Years Active: | 1964-2016 |
Relatives: | Mullagali Yaushev (grandfather) |
Farid Mustafevich Seiful-Mulyukov (Russian: Фари́д Муста́фьевич Сейфу́ль-Мулю́ков, Tatar: Фәрит Мостафа улы Сәйфелмөлеков; November 19, 1930 – June 4, 2016) was a Soviet, Russian and international journalist, writer, orientalist, Arabist, a leading television Central Television and honored Artist of Russia (1995).[1] He was also the author of numerous reports from around the world on one of Russia's leading television programs In The World Today[2] and for the international Panorama[3] Mulyukov met multiple prominent public figures during his career, including Gamal Abdel Nasser, Hussein of Jordan, Hafiz al-Assad, Ruhollah Khomeini and Fidel Castro.[4]
Seiful-Mulyukov was born to Tatar parents. From his mother's side, he belonged to the Yaushev family. His grandfather was Mullagali Yaushev.