Sub-committee Members of SOPA Awards

Zoher Abdoolcarim

Based in Hong Kong, Zoher Abdoolcarim joined TIME in 2002 as a Senior Editor. Prior to this, he was managing editor of Asiaweek (now closed) and an editor at Singapore-owned Asian Business. Abdoolcarim¡¦s extensive experience of Asia stems from his stints as a foreign correspondent based in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, with reporting assignments in the Philippines, India, Brunei and Hong Kong. He has been involved in watershed Asia stories including the Ninoy Aquino assassination, the ousters of Marcos and Suharto, the Tiananmen killings, Hong Kong's handover to China, the Asian financial crisis and 9/11's impact on the region.

An ethnic Indian born and raised in Hong Kong, Abdoolcarim is a fluent Cantonese speaker and U.K. national. He holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin -- Madison.