Asiff Hussein

Quick Facts

Full Name	Asiff Hussein
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Feb 29, 1972(1972-02-29)
Age	52
Country	Sri Lanka
Horoscope	Pisces

Asiff Hussein Biography

Asiff Hussein is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on February 29, 1972 in Sri Lanka. Asiff Hussein (born 1972) is a Sri Lankan journalist and freelance writer. He is the author of a number of publications in the fields of ethnology, sociology, and linguistics. He currently serves as Editorial Director of Sailan Muslim, a Sri Lankan website, overseeing the Finance, Culture & Heritage and Publications pages.

In May 2016 a page on social media site Facebook promoting Hussein’s article was deleted by Facebook after multiple complaints from Facebook users. In July 2017 the same article was republished on a Canadian web site called “Muslims in Calgary.” In September 2017 the Muslim Council of Calgary, which says it represents 80,000 Muslims in Calgary, issued statements disavowing any connection to the web site, and condemning “anti-Semitic sentiments” in Hussein’s article.

Hussein’s book Sarandib, an Ethnological Study of the Muslims of Sri Lanka is a study of Sri Lankan Muslim society. In 2013 it was in its third expanded edition. It is a collection of scholarly and anecdotal information about the society and culture of the country’s major Muslim groups, the Moors, Malays, Memons and Muslims of Indian origin who though of different ethnic origins, share the common faith of Islam. The work is contains detailed information on aspects like ethnic origins, language, settlements, customs and traditions, dress and ornamentation, culinary fare, medical remedies, names and titles, occupations, social organization, ceremonial observances and religious and folk beliefs.

Asiff Hussein Net Worth

Asiff Hussein is one of the richest Journalist from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Asiff Hussein 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hussein is the author of a number of publications including The Lion and the Sword. An Ethnological Study of Sri Lanka. Vols.1 and 2 (2001/2008); The Origins of the Sinhala Language’. A Lexical Reconstruction of Sinhala Vocables to their Earliest Known Proto-Indo-European Forms (2002); Sarandib. An Ethnological Study of the Muslims of Sri Lanka (Feb & July 2007 and September 2011) Ivilly Pevilly. The Gastronome’s Guide to the Culinary History & Heritage of Sri Lanka (2012), Tolerance in Islam (2012) and Caste in Sri Lanka. From Ancient Times to the Present Day (2013) and Zeylanica, a Study of the Peoples and Languages of Sri Lanka (2009). He has also co-authored Memons of Sri Lanka. Men, Memoirs, Milestones with Hameed Kareem (2006) and co-edited The Muslim Heritage of Eastern Sri Lanka with S.H.M. Jameel (2011).

Hussein holds a B.A. Degree in Social Sciences from the Open University of Sri Lanka, a Post-graduate Diploma in Archaeology from the University of Kelaniya and a Diploma in Journalism from the Aquinas College of Higher Studies, Sri Lanka. He is also among the Sri Lankan Alumni of the International Visitor Leadership Programme organised by the US State Department, having participated in an IVLP Programme on Religion and Social Justice in America on a tour that covered Washington, Huntsville, Birmingham, Santa Fe and San Francisco from June 28 to July 16, 2010.

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Facts & Trivia

Aston Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Asiff Hussein celebrates birthday on February 29 of every year.