P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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and responsibilities he has undertaken include correspondent of

Komsomoli Tojikiston (1981-1982); correspondent of Adabiyot va

San'at (1982-1986); military service in Afghanistan [interpreter] (1986-

1988); director of political and social issues at Adabiyot va San'at

(1988-1991); deputy editor-in-chief of the Haftganj (1991); deputy

editor-in-chief, and editor-in chief of Charoghi Ruz (1992-1993);

responsible editor of Golos weekly in Moscow (1993-1994); expert for

Nezavisimaya Gazeta [Moscow] (1994-1995); and broadcaster for

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Tajik Services (1995 to

the present).

Between 1990 and 1993, Aiyoubov served as a Member of the Pre-

sidium of Tajikistan's Union of Journalists. He was the President of the

Association of Tajik Independent Journalists between 1993 and 1997.

He is the recipient of the 1991 Grand Prize of the CIS Confederation of

Journalists. Aiyoubov's publications include Darvozahoi Kobul (The

Gates of Kabul, 1992), Gungi Khobdida (The Sleeping Mute, 1999), a

collection of stories published in Moscow, Devor (The Wall, 1991)

another collection of stories, published in Dushanbe, and the

documentary Hamosai Paikon (The Epic of the Arrow, 1990), also

published in Dushanbe. His Tajikistan in the 20

th

 Century, edited by Iraj

Bashiri, was broadcast by RFE/RL in Tajikistan in 1999.

Aiyoubov has traveled in Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the USA, and

the UK. At the present, he lives with his wife and two sons in Prague,

Czech Republic.