Prominent journalist Karim Bahriyev dies at 64

Prominent journalist Karim Bahriyev dies at 64

Renowned journalist, writer, translator, and former MP Karim Bahriyev died on March 29 at the age of 64. He was reportedly hospitalized with a stroke some time ago.

Karim Bahriyev was born in 1962 in the Urgut district of the Samarkand region. In 1985, he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. During his career, he was the editor-in-chief of the magazines "Economy and Law", "Migration and Security", worked for the newspapers "Uzbekistan Literature and Art", "Ma'rifat", and the magazines "Jahon Literature", "Dugonalar". He also headed the newspaper "Hurriyat". He worked as a deputy of the Parliament of Uzbekistan in 1990-1995. Later, he headed the "Meros-News" information service under the "Golden Heritage" international charitable foundation and worked at the University of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Bahriyev has translated many works of world literature into Uzbek. In particular, George Orwell's "1984" and "The Barn" and Henry Ford's "My Life" have been published in his translations.
He was awarded the "Independence" badge in 1992, 2006 and 2011.

Earlier, Karim Bahriyev also came to public attention with his appearance on the "Lolazor" podcast. In it, he spoke about the rejection of an offer to Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of the first president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, and this statement caused widespread discussion on social networks.