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{{Short description|Indian journalist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Fatima Zakaria
| birth_date=17 February 1936<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://urdu.news18.com/news/nation/west-india-veteran-journalist-fatima-r-zakaria-and-educational-activist-fatima-zakaria-passes-away-in-aurangabad-moh-snm-350726.html|title=معروف صحافی اور تعلیمی جہدکار پدم شری فاطمہ زکریا کا انتقال، ملک بھر میں غم کا ماحول– Urdu News|date=7 April 2021|website=News18 Urdu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mddtrust.mahaonline.gov.in/InstituteDetails/TrustSummary.aspx?str=/sho7NhKfh7nTQj01CgERq+lUVQzTKZu|title=Trust summary: MDD Trust|website=mddtrust.mahaonline.gov.in}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death_date and age|6 April 2021|17 February 1936}}
|death_place = [[Aurangabad]], [[Maharashtra]]
| spouse = [[Rafiq Zakaria]]
| children = 4, including [[Fareed Zakaria]]
| alma_mater = [[Isabella Thoburn College]]<ref name="CNN Tribute">{{cite news |last1=Prakash |first1=Meghna |title=Watch: Indian-American Journalist Zakaria’s Tribute to His Mother |url=https://www.thequint.com/coronavirus/watch-indian-american-journalist-zakarias-tribute-to-his-mother |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[The Quint]] |date=12 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2006)
}}

'''Fatima Zakaria''' (17 February 1936 – 6 April 2021) was the editor of the ''Mumbai Times'', and later the Sunday editor of ''[[The Times of India]]''. She also served as the editor of the ''Taj'' magazine of the [[Taj Hotels]].

==Career==
In 1958, she established an institution of childcare and a Women's Industrial Home in Mumbai, that fulfilled the educational and healthcare needs of over 500 underprivileged children.<ref name="lokmat">{{cite news |title=Noted educationist, journalist Padmashri Fatma Zakaria passes away |url=https://english.lokmat.com/aurangabad/noted-educationist-journalist-padmashri-fatma-zakaria-passes-away/ |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[Lokmat]] English |date=6 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

In1963, Zakaria began her career in journalism as a children's columnist in [[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] and worked as [[Khushwant Singh]]'s assistant editor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fernando |first1=Benita |title=Former editor Fatma Zakaria dies at 85 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/former-editor-fatma-zakaria-dies-at-85-7261816/ |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=7 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> She joined The Times of India in 1970 and rose through ranks to become Sunday edition editor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Siblings - Achievers, not Inheritors | url=http://www.the-south-asian.com/feb%202003/Siblings.htm |date= February 2003 |publisher=the-south-asian.com }}</ref> As the editor, she interviewed prominent figures like [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[J.R.D. Tata]], [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], and then prime minister [[Morarji Desai]], [[Charan Singh]].<ref name="lokmat"/>

Zakaria joined the [[Taj Group|Taj Group of Hotels]] to establish the first-rate five-star hotel, The Taj Residency, on the campus of [[Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science]] in Aurangabad. She became editor of the coffee table magazine ''Taj''.<ref name="Tata">{{cite web |url=http://www.tata.com/company/Media/inside.aspx?artid=Ibc33/tt8WA= |title=The new Taj |accessdate=2011-02-14 |date=12 November 2001 |publisher=Tata Sons Ltd |location=Arlington, VA |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716193301/http://www.tata.com/company/Media/inside.aspx?artid=Ibc33%2Ftt8WA%3D |archivedate=16 July 2011 }}</ref> Her office was located in the [[Taj Mahal Palace & Tower|Taj Mahal Hotel]] in [[Mumbai]]. Thereafter, she introduced a hotel management course in alliance with a British university. She was on the board of [[Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Board |url=http://www.ihma.ac.in/board.htm |date= |publisher=Indian Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad }}</ref> She was the president of Maulana Azad Education Society (MAES) and chairman of Maulana Azad Educational Trust (MAET), both in Aurangabad.<ref name="lokmat"/>

The award [[Padma Shri]] was conferred on her by the [[Government of India]] in 2006. She received the award from President [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] for her extensive work in the field of education.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |archivedate=2013-05-10 }}</ref>

Zakaria is regarded as a secularist and she took special care to cater to the educational needs of the Muslims.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

==Personal life==
Zakaria was the second wife of [[Rafiq Zakaria]], who was an Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Rafiq Zakaria remembered |url=http://twocircles.net/2010jul16/dr_rafiq_zakaria_remembered.html |date=16 July 2010 |publisher=Two Circles }}</ref> She was the step-mother of 2 children. The elder, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, is an art historian and writer, living in Mumbai. The second is Mansoor Zakaria, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur who is now a partner in a wealth management firm. Her elder biological son Arshad Zakaria<ref name=rediff>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2001/oct/08zak.htm | title=Arshad Zakaria appointed Merrill Lynch co-president | accessdate=2011-02-14 | date=8 October 2001 | publisher=[[Rediff.com]] India Limited}}</ref> runs a hedge fund. Her younger biological son [[Fareed Zakaria]] is an editor of ''Newsweek'', and host of ''[[Fareed Zakaria GPS]]'' on [[CNN]].

Zakaria died from [[COVID-19]] at the Kamalnayan Bajaj Hospital in Aurangabad on 6 April 2021.<ref name="CNN Tribute"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-04-06|title=Veteran Journalist, Fareed Zakaria's Mother, Padma Shri Fatima Zakaria Dies Aged 85|url=https://thecognate.com/veteran-journalist-fareed-zakarias-mother-padma-shri-fatima-zakaria-dies-aged-85/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=The Cognate|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==References==
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>Scorpions13256 at 04:24, 10 July 2021