Let’s know about Danish Siddiqui Journalist Reuter Photographer Biography, Age, education, parents, wiki, date of birth, family, wife, young pics, sister, girlfriend, marriage and childhood pics, Net Worth, Father, Mother, Brother, career, death cause.
Danish Siddiqui (19 May 1983 – 15 July 2021) was only 38 years. Siddiqui started his career as a TV News correspondent for the “Hindustan Times” media house before switching to the TV Today Network. After some years he switched his career to photography and then he had joined the renowned international news agency Reuters as an intern in 2010.
Contents
Danish Siddiqui Biography, Birth and Childhood
Danish Siddiqui was born on 19 May 1983 into a Muslim family in New Delhi, and he was one of 4 siblings in his family.
Danish Siddiqui Education
Danish Siddiqui has pursued his schooling from Fr. Agnel School in South New Delhi. He got his admission to Delhi’s one of the most famous universities “Jamia Millia Islamia” where he completed his bachelor’s degree in Economics. Further, he decided to pursue his master’s in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia in the year 2007.
Danish was killed in a war conflict area on July 16, 2021, while covering fighting between Afghan troops and the Taliban.
Danish Siddiqui Family, Daughter, Son
Danish met Rike, a German Citizen in Germany while covering for Reuters and then later they got married and now have 2 kids. Danis’s son’s name is Yonus and his daughter’s name is Sarah.
Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui said in a voice full of grief and pride as he remembered his “brilliant and dashing” photojournalist son, Danish Siddiqui, that “He was an extremely emotional person”.
Danish Siddiqui Notable Work & Career
As a photojournalist, Danish has covered several important stories in Asia, Middle East and Europe. Some of his works include covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Rohingya refugees crisis, Hong Kong protests, Nepal earthquakes, Mass Games in North Korea and living conditions of asylum seekers in Switzerland. He has also produced a photo series on Muslim converts in England.
He was part of a team that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2018 for documenting Myanmar’s Rohingya refugee crisis, a series described by the judging committee as “shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence Rohingya refugees faced in fleeing Myanmar.”
A Reuters photographer since 2010, Siddiqui’s work has spanned wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Rohingya crisis, pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and unrest in India.
People wait to cremate victims who died of complications related to COVID-19, at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India.
A group of men chanting pro-Hindu slogans beats Mohammad Zubair who is a Muslim during protests sparked by a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India.
Danish’s Work in International Newspapers
Danish’s work has been widely published in scores of magazines, newspapers, slideshows and galleries – including National Geographic Magazine, New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Forbes, Newsweek, NPR, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times, Bangkok Post, Sydney Morning Herald, The LA Times, Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, Le Figaro, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Stern, Berliner Zeitung, The Independent, The Telegraph, Gulf News, Libèration and various other publications.
in centimeters– 178 cm
in meters– 1.78 m
in feet inches– 5’ 10”
Weight (approx.)
in kilograms– 70 kg
in pounds– 154 lbs
Eye Colour
Brown
Hair Colour
Black
Career
Records/Awards/Honours
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for documenting the Rohingya Refugee Crisis.
Personal Details
Date of Birth
Age
38 Years
Birthplace
New Delhi
Death Cause or Reason
Scorpio
Nationality
Indian
Hometown
New Delhi, India
School
Fr. Agnel School
College
Jamia Millia Islamia
Educational Qualification
Economics
Family
Father– Professor Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui Mother– Name Not Known Siblings– Name Not Known
Religion
Muslim
Hobbies
Playing cricket, walking, doing work-outs
Relationships
Marital Status
Married
Affairs/Girlfriends
Rike, a German citizen
Danish Siddiqui Wife/Spouse
Rike, a German national
Marriage Date
NA
Danish Siddiqui kids Children
Son– Yonus Daughters– Sarah
Money Factor
Net Worth (aprox.)
NA
Some Lesser Known Facts About Danish Siddiqui
Danish Siddiqui received the Pulitzer Prize as part of the photography staff of Reuters.
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Danish Siddiqui began his career as a television news correspondent.
This Delhi police officer is more empathetic than the entire modi cabinet & BJP.- Twitter User
In 2018, Danish Siddiqui and his colleague Adnan Abidi won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis as part of a Reuters team.
