"for the best TV journalist. In 2008, he was also presented the Arab Media Watch Award for excellence in journalism. In January 2014 and 2015, Omaar was nominated for the Services to Media award at the British Muslim Awards. Omaar is married to Georgiana Rose ""Nina"" Montgomery-Cuninghame, the daughter of Sir John Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill. The couple live in Chiswick, west London, with their three children. He maintains close contact with his family in Somalia, is an activist for the Somali community, and regularly attends its lectures and events. Rageh Omaar Rageh Omaar (; ; ; born 19 July 1967)"
"Rageh Omaar Rageh Omaar (; ; ; born 19 July 1967) is a Somali-born British journalist and writer. He was a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq. In September 2006, he moved to a new post at Al Jazeera English, where he presented the nightly weekday documentary series ""Witness"" until January 2010. ""The Rageh Omaar Report"", first aired February 2010, is a one-hour, monthly investigative documentary in which he reports on international current affairs stories. From January 2013, he became a special correspondent and presenter for ITV News, reporting on a broad range of"
"suggests that Somalis in the UK prefer to read newspapers such as ""Metro"" to improve their English-language skills, although listening to radio was more popular. In 2007, five emerging Somali authors (including Adam Dirir) published ""Silent Voices"", an anthology about Somali life in Britain. Prominent Somali media figures in the UK include Rageh Omaar, a television news presenter and a writer, and advocate for the Somali community. He received the 2002–2003 Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy award for the best TV journalist. Omaar was formerly a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting on the Iraq War. In"
"Muslim, his family is originally from Hargeisa. Omaar moved to the United Kingdom at the age of two. He has several siblings: his elder brother, Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, was a former Foreign Minister of Somalia. Omaar attended two independent schools, the Dragon School in Oxford and Cheltenham College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He later studied Modern History at New College at the University of Oxford. Omaar began his journalistic career as a trainee for ""The Voice"" newspaper. In 1991, he moved to Ethiopia where he freelanced as a foreign correspondent, working mainly for the BBC World Service. A year later, Omaar"
"Moussa al-Omar Moussa al-Omar (; born 7 May 1981) is a Syrian journalist and presenter. al-Omar was born in Idlib, Syria, to parents from Taftanaz, he was raised in Damascus. He studied high school in Damascus and graduated from University of Damascus in 2004. He began his career as journalist and presenter for Sham TV, and he was one of the founders of the channel before it was closed down by Syrian authorities in 2006. He then moved to Dubai to work with International News. At the beginning of 2010, al-Omar moved to London, United Kingdom and started working with"
"meant that she was 'being compared to [CNN's] veteran Christiane Amanpour"", wrote media commentator Maggie Brown in 27 February 2016's ""The Observer"". Nima Elbagir was born in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1978. Her father, Ahmed Abdullah Elbagir, was a journalist who was jailed before her birth, and her mother, Ibtisam Affan, was the first publisher in Sudan. Elbagir is of Northern Sudan origin. At the age of three, she moved to the United Kingdom. And when she was eight years old she moved to Sudan. After six years in Sudan, she returned to the United Kingdom. Nima Elbagir was educated in"
"As the Arab Spring continued, Rageh covered Arab League discussions regarding the unfolding events in the region for the network and reported on the Syrian Civil War from the Syria–Turkey border. Rageh's live Twitter coverage of the region was also frequently cited by major news outlets in their coverage of the regional events through social media. Beginning in 2013 Rageh began reporting as a roving correspondent for Al Jazeera English in Nigeria and Kenya. Her reports from that time include such stories as the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria's north, attacks along the Kenyan-Somali border by the armed group Al"
"September 2006, he moved to a new post at Al Jazeera English, where he currently hosts the current-affairs programme, ""The Rageh Omaar Show"". Yusuf Garaad Omar is a Somali journalist and former head of the BBC Somali Service. Other Somali media figures include Mo Ali, a film director born in Saudi Arabia, who debuted in 2010 his feature film, ""Shank"", set in a futuristic London. Somali-British author Nadifa Mohamed's debuting novel, ""Black Mamba Boy"" (2009), won the 2010 Betty Trask Award, and was short-listed for several awards, including the 2010 Guardian First Book Award, the 2010 Dylan Thomas Prize, and"
"to Cairo in July 2003 to cover Egypt and Sudan. The agency had her establish the first Reuters bureau in Sudan since the news service vacated that country 15 years prior. The bureau now consists of two full-time journalists, two TV crews, and a stringer. She is based in Khartoum, and files reports from throughout the country. Opheera McDoom Opheera McDoom (born 1978) is a journalist and Reuters correspondent. For several years, McDoom has been reporting news in Egypt and Sudan. McDoom was born and educated in London, England and graduated with a Masters degree from the University of Edinburgh."
"Sara Omar Sara Omar (; born 21 August 1986 in Sulaymaniah, Kurdistan) is a Danish-Kurdish author, human rights activist and poet. She is the first internationally recognized female novelist from Kurdistan. She started out as a poet and has published several critical articles in the Middle Eastern media. Omar is originally from Kurdistan, but she and her family fled from war in the late 1990s. She has lived in Denmark since 2001. She is a columnist for the Danish magazine Alt for Damerne. Omar's debut novel ""Dead Washer"" was published in Denmark on 30 November 2017. Both Omar and her"
"the annual Hajj Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia Rageh completed her Masters of Journalism in 2006 at the Ivy League Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, with an emphasis on broadcast journalism. Rageh was recruited by the newly formed 24-hour news network Al Jazeera English, and began work as a producer for the channel for its launch in November 2006. She began to regularly appear on-air by 2008, reporting on stories such as attacks in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, and the 2008 Egyptian general strike in Mahalla. In 2010, the channel designated her their full-time Iraq reporter in charge"
"most presence on Twitter."" Rageh began her journalism career as an intern for the Associated Press News Agency while still a student at the American University in Cairo. Following the September 11 attacks she began working for the agency in earnest. She provided reporting from Egypt, the United States, Iraq, Sudan, Kenya, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates for several large-scale stories including Egypt's role in the US lead ""War on Terror"", the Iraq War, the trial of Saddam Hussein, and the war in Darfur. In January 2004 she became the first AP newswoman to cover"
"""Witness"". He also hosted the monthly ""The Rageh Omaar Report"", his own investigative documentaries. In January 2013, it was announced that Omaar would be joining ITV News as a special correspondent. He was promoted the following year to ITV News' International Affairs Editor. Since October 2015, alongside his duties as International Affairs Editor, Rageh has been a Deputy Newscaster of ITV News at Ten. Since September 2017 Omaar has occasionally presented the ITV Lunchtime News including the ITV News London Lunchtime Bulletin and the ITV Evening News. In 2003, Omaar was the recipient of an Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy award"
"murder. Rohani was abducted on the same day that BBC reporter Nasteh Dahir was murdered in Somalia. Abdul Samad Rohani Abdul Samad Rohani (1982 or 1983 – June 7 or 8, 2008) was an Afghan journalist who worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Afghan news agency Pajhwok. He was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2008, and found murdered the following day in Lashkar Gah. ""Reporters Without Borders"" stated that he had apparently been tortured and then shot three times. Rohani had worked in Helmand as the head of the BBC World Service's Pashto service."
"also uncertain; one possibility is a village called Nodeh near the city of Kandahar. Matinuddin writes that he was born in 1961 in Nodeh village, Panjwai District, Kandahar Province. Others say Omar was born in a village of the same name in Uruzgan Province. In Omar's entry in the UNSC's Taliban Sanctions List, ""Nodeh village, Deh Rahwod District, Uruzgan Province"" is given as a possible birthplace. Other reports say Omar was born in 1960 in Noori village near Kandahar. 'Noori village, Maiwand District, Kandahar Province' is a second location suggested in Omar's entry in the Sanctions List. According to a"
"on BBC World News and BBC Weekend News, Rageh Omaar, special correspondent with ITV and formerly Senior Foreign Correspondent with the BBC and a reporter/presenter for Al Jazeera English, and Faisal Islam, economics editor and correspondent for ""Channel 4 News"". According to one survey from 2006, around 81% of Muslims think of themselves as Muslim first. Muslims living in Muslim-majority countries also tend to think of themselves as Muslim first rather than identifying with nation states (for example 87% of Pakistanis identify themselves as Muslim first rather than Pakistani). However around 83% of Muslims are proud to be a British"
"Al Jazeera English. She was the opening anchor on the station's launch in Doha on 15 November 2006. In addition, she hosted ""Every Woman"", a show focusing on women's issues from around the world, for which she won the Editor's Choice Media Excellence Award from the Association of International Broadcasting. Ghosh was featured in Qatar's winning 2022 FIFA World cup bid presentation video. Ghosh was born in Leeds, though the family moved to North East England soon afterwards. She was educated at the Avenue Primary School, in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, and then at Teesside High School. She graduated from the University"
"Tariq Saleh Tariq Saleh (Beirut, 16 September 1974) is an award-winning Brazilian journalist and a BBC World Service correspondent and TV3 (Catalonia) producer based in Beirut, covering the Middle East and Africa. He is best known for his coverage on international news, current affairs and documenting on conflicts, human rights and refugees for the BBC. He is also a contributor to Radio France International. His work as a producer and writer include TIME magazine, Die Zeit newspaper, leading broadcaster Rede Globo, TV Record, Terra Networks, Veja Online. He also worked as deputy editor in chief at Transterra Media agency. Since"
"Deborah Scroggins Deborah Scroggins (November 27, 1961 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American journalist and author. A graduate of Tulane University and Columbia University, she was a reporter and editor for the ""Atlanta Journal-Constitution"" from 1987 to 1998. Her book ""Emma's War: An Aid Worker, Radical Islam and the Politics of Oil - A True Story of Love and Death in the Sudan"" is about Emma McCune, a British aid worker who married Sudanese warlord Riek Machar. It won the 2003 Ron Ridenhour Award for Truth-Telling. Director Tony Scott had planned to direct a film based on the book and"
"Rawya Rageh Rawya Rageh is a Senior Crisis Adviser for Amnesty International. She was previously a broadcast journalist known for her in-depth coverage of notable stories across the Middle East and Africa, including the Iraq War, the Darfur crisis in Sudan, the Saddam Hussein trial, the Arab Spring, and the Boko Haram conflict in Northern Nigeria. Working as a correspondent for the Al Jazeera English network her contribution to the Peabody Award-winning coverage the network provided of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and the Arab Spring was documented in the books ""18 Days: Al Jazeera English and the Egyptian Revolution"""
"Mustafa Agha Mustafa Agha (born June 6, 1963), a Palestinian of British citizenship, is a sports journalist for the Middle East Broadcasting Center in Dubai city, United Arab Emirates. He is best known for his Arabic language programs about soccer and Arab and world sports, and he is one of the foremost authorities on sports in the Middle East. Mustafa Agha was born June 6, 1963, in Yarmouk Camp, Damascus, Syria. At an early age, he was interested in sports, and at 15, he had created his own sports magazine in the English language. He studied English in Damascus University."
"he was based in Belgrade for a year, where he was a correspondent for Reuters. He then returned to London, where he worked for BBC News 24. He was then based in Mexico, then Santiago, as a correspondent for the BBC. He returned to Afghanistan in 2001 to cover the start of the war. After Afghanistan, he worked across the Middle East and Latin America. From 2004, he was based in Mombasa, Kenya, then Johannesburg, South Africa, followed by six years in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2011, he won a Peabody Award for a BBC documentary on Somalia. That year, he"
"Shabab, and the attempted coup in South Sudan. On 17 October 2016 Rageh announced via Twitter she had joined Amnesty International as a Senior Crisis Adviser investigating human rights abuses in emergencies. Rawya Rageh Rawya Rageh is a Senior Crisis Adviser for Amnesty International. She was previously a broadcast journalist known for her in-depth coverage of notable stories across the Middle East and Africa, including the Iraq War, the Darfur crisis in Sudan, the Saddam Hussein trial, the Arab Spring, and the Boko Haram conflict in Northern Nigeria. Working as a correspondent for the Al Jazeera English network her contribution"
"In August 2007, the British government under Gordon Brown requested Deghaye's release. He was released on 18 December 2007 and returned to Britain. Deghaye and another former detainee were arrested under a Spanish warrant on allegations of al-Qaeda involvement in 2003; he was released on bail while his case is considered. Omar Deghayes was born in Tripoli, Libya in 1969. His father was an attorney and a prominent figure in Libya, but got at cross purposes with Muammar Gaddafi. After his father was killed by the Libyan government in 1980, al-Walid's family was eventually able to leave in two groups,"
"Opheera McDoom Opheera McDoom (born 1978) is a journalist and Reuters correspondent. For several years, McDoom has been reporting news in Egypt and Sudan. McDoom was born and educated in London, England and graduated with a Masters degree from the University of Edinburgh. She is of Guyanese descent and her name derives from her family's place of origin in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, McDoom village. She describes her surname as ""a colonial mess-up,"" ascribed when the British mistakenly anglicized her father's family name. McDoom joined Reuters in September 2002. She spent one year in London before moving"
"government of Afghanistan. Omar died in April 2013 of tuberculosis. His death was kept secret by the Taliban for two years until it was revealed in July 2015 by Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security. According to most sources, Omar was born sometime between 1950 and 1962 in a village in Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan (in present-day Kandahar Province or Uruzgan Province). Some suggest his birth year as 1950 or 1953, or as late as around 1966. According to a ""surprise biography"" published by the Taliban in April 2015, he was born in 1960. His exact place of birth is"
"rites, since Aflao was his hometown. Funeral ceremonies for Dumor were held from 21 to 23 February 2014 in Accra. Komla Dumor Komla Afeke Dumor (3 October 1972 – 18 January 2014) was a Ghanaian journalist who worked for BBC World News and was the main presenter of its programme ""Focus on Africa"". Dumor was born in Accra, Ghana. His father, Ernest Dumor, was a professor of sociology and his mother, Cecelia Dumor, had a master's degree in Mass Communication. His grandfather was Philip Gbeho, composer of the Ghanaian national anthem, and his uncle was leading Ghanaian diplomat Victor Gbeho."
"Africa correspondent with Al Jazeera English. Both Maryam and Nazanine were born in Tehran, and came to London with their parents before the Iranian Revolution. Her youngest sister Marjan Moshiri was born in London is a qualified medical doctor, currently working at St Thomas' Hospital. Maryam Moshiri Maryam Moshiri is a television broadcaster, currently with the BBC. Moshiri began her career as a business reporter for Independent Radio News, before joining the BBC. She is now a regular presenter of the afternoon and evening business news on BBC News, the corporation's 24-hour news channel. She is primarily a business reporter,"
"Jerusalem. On 19 June 2008, the University of Dundee conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon Johnston. Alan Johnston Alan Graham Johnston (born 17 May 1962) is a British journalist working for the BBC. He has been the BBC's correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, the Gaza Strip and Italy. He is based in London. Johnston was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip on 12 March 2007 by the militant group Army of Islam. He was unconditionally released on 4 July, nearly four months later, after much pressure was put on the group by the now-dominant Hamas. Johnston was born in"
"book have been recognised and rewarded with awards and honours in Denmark. The Danish News Paper Jyllands-Posten compared her to Elena Ferrante and the French newspaper Le Monde compared her to Simone de Beauvoir and Voltaire because of her fight for freedom, equality and justice. Sara Omar was born in 1986 in Sulaymaniah in Kurdistan. She grew up during the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), which developed into the the Gulf War. She lived in the town next to Halabja and experienced the biggest gas attack on a civilian population in recent times at close range 16 March 1988. Omar also lived"
"Algiers, Algeria. He died on June 2, after lying in a coma for a week. One of his attackers professed that he was murdered because he ""wielded a fearsome pen that could have an effect on Islamic sectors."" After his death the BBC made a documentary about him entitled 'Shooting the Writer', introduced by Salman Rushdie. Tahar Djaout Tahar Djaout (January 11, 1954 – May 26, 1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group. He was born in 1954 in Oulkhou, a village in the Kabylie region. After university"
"Reshmin Chowdhury Reshmin Chowdhury (; born 16 December 1977) is a multilingual English sports journalist and broadcaster who works for the BBC and BT Sport. She is part of the presentation and reporting team at BBC Sport and a lead reporter for BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League. She has over a decade of experience interviewing the biggest names in world football. Chowdhury was born and brought up in London, England and is of Bangladeshi origin. Chowdhury described her childhood as growing up ""in an extremely open-minded, progressive Bengali Muslim family and within a huge second-generation community where"
"all share their individual experiences with fleeing from war-ravaged countries. Her poem ""The Silence of Childhood"" received the following review: Omar has performed poetry readings in the Danish parliament building, Christiansborg Palace, and the National Gallery of Denmark on several occasions. She is also part of the expert committee as expert adviser and co-organizer in Expert Advisory at Arts & Conference. Sara Omar Sara Omar (; born 21 August 1986 in Sulaymaniah, Kurdistan) is a Danish-Kurdish author, human rights activist and poet. She is the first internationally recognized female novelist from Kurdistan. She started out as a poet and has"