Dr. Mohammed Abdul Rasheed Junaid

Dr. Junaid is a Moulvi Alim from Jamia Nizamia and holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Urdu from Maulana Azad National Urdu University.

He has more than twenty years of experience in the media industry and an authoritative command of reporting on the Arab countries and the Islamic world. His Gulf experience includes service with the Urdu Bureau of a reputed journal in Saudi Arabia.

As Joint Editor of Gawah Weekly, a prominent Urdu publication based in Hyderabad, he writes regularly on Middle Eastern politics, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, Palestine, Afghanistan, Turkey, and India–Pakistan relations, including his long-running weekly column Alam-e-Islam Round-up (عالمِ اسلام راؤنڈ اَپ). He welcomed guests at the paper's Silver Jubilee celebrations in Hyderabad in January 2025.

In March 2012 he founded Madarsa-e-Azizia in Saidabad, Hyderabad, an institution for students affiliated with Jamia Nizamia, which he continues to head (Facebook page). He is also a partner in Media Plus Group, the Hyderabad media and communications organisation.