Saadat Malook Shazada

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Saadat Malook Shazada (born 26 August 1916, date of death unknown) was an Afghan field hockey player, who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games and played in both games. [1] He reportedly later lived in Washington, D.C., with a wife and child and worked in the World Bank, dying at a fairly young age. He was a grandfather of Canadian food writer Shayma Saadat, author of the Spice Spoon culinary blog. [2]

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References

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  2. "Tahdig – Saffron-Crust Rice in the Persian Manner — Silk Route food memoir by Shayma Saadat – The Spice Spoon". www.thespicespoon.com. Retrieved 7 October 2020.