Salimjon Aioubov

Salimjon Aioubov (Tajik: Салимҷон Аюбов, Persian: سلیم‌جان ایوب‌اف, Mascho, USSR, 18 April 1960) is a journalist, reporter and writer.

In primary school, he began writing articles, anecdotes and stories which were published in children's newspapers in Soviet Tajikistan.

After graduating Tajikistan State University, Aioubov worked at different publishing houses in Dushanbe and Moscow.

From 1992-1997, he covered the civil war in Tajikistan, refugee issues, inter-Tajik peace talks under UN mediation, OIC conferences, and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summits.

He directed two short documentaries on Tajik issues, Mi, Pereselentsi (1986) and Perpetual Returning (1989), and published several books, most recently, Hundred colors.