Alwi Shahab, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alwi Shahab

Indonesian journalist

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1936

Place of Birth: Jakarta, Indonesia

Profession: writer, historian, journalist, humanist

Nationality: Indonesia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Alwi Shahab (Arabic: ???? ?????, romanized: ?Alwi Šihab; born August 31, 1936) is an Indonesian journalist who observes Jakarta's socio-cultural problems.
He has been a journalist for more than 40 years.
His career began in 1960 as a journalist at the Arabian Press Board news agency in Jakarta.In addition, Alwi is also a writer.
His essays were compiled at least into 11 books, from 2001 to 2013.
The majority of his books were published by Republika, the place where he worked since 1993.
Because since in Republika, he began writing articles about the history of Jakarta, either in the rubric of culture in the form of freelance writing, as well as in the Sketsa Jakarta and Nostalgia rubric.