Fareed Zakaria

Dr. Fareed Zakaria caught his big break after the September 11th tragedy. His essay, “Why They Hate Us”, was a poignant, renowned piece that showed the world that the problem wasn’t just Islam. It was the political, social, and economic stagnation in the Arab World. His comprehensive knowledge of the Middle East comes from his childhood. Zakaria was born in Mombai, India to a prominent politician father and a newspaper editor mother. He moved to the U.S. and received a Bachelor Degree from Yale and PhD from Harvard. He became managing editor for Foreign Affairs magazine in 1992 and after eight years became Editor of Newsweek International. He is the youngest editor-at-large at TIME Magazine, and he writes for the Washington Post. As the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS, he has interviewed many influential people, for example, Barack Obama, The Dalai Lama, and King Abdullah II. Throughout the years he has honed his writing skills to perfection. Fareed Zakaria articulates his argument to his audience by using quotes, syntax, and rhetorical strategies.
Quotes by experts help validate Fareed’s argument to his audience. “Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) accurately noted that “upward mobility from the bottom is the crux of the American promise”(Zakaria, The Downward Spiral of Upward Mobility). Dr. Zakaria likes to use high ranking official to quote on the subject that he is arguing. “In his address to the Heritage Foundation last month Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) declared, “Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups”(Zakaria, The Downward Spiral of Upward Mobility). He tackles mature social issue in his writing. Whether talking about the reality of the war in Afghanistan or Europe’s financial troubles he tackles all the current events near and far. Fareed talks about the state of the economy and the effect it has on the reader’s life. Or he will talk about why China is ahead of the U.S. Using