Ghida Fakhry

Ghida Fakhry
Ghida Fakhry moderating an event at the 2017 World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings
Born
Beirut, Lebanon[1]
EducationSOAS University of London
OccupationJournalist
Years active1996–present
Notable creditWitness
Websitewww.ghidafakhry.com

Ghida Fakhry (Arabic: غیدا فخري) is a Lebanese-British journalist.[2] She was a lead anchor for the global news channel Al Jazeera English at its launch in Washington D.C.,[3] and was later one of the primary anchors at the network's headquarters in Doha. She was also the host of Witness, a documentary program.[4]

Career

Ghida Fakhry at the 2017 World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings

Ghida Fakhry started her TV career as a Middle East analyst for CNN and was a CNN world report contributor.[5] She later became New York Bureau Chief and Columnist[6] for a leading London-based Middle East newspaper covering the annual General Assembly meetings of the UN. As New York Correspondent and Bureau Chief for Al Jazeera from 2000, she covered the 9/11 attacks. Fakhry conducted interviews in Washington D.C., with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld,[7] and the Secretary of State, Colin Powell,[8] as well as several other senior State Department and Pentagon officials. She reported on location from Baghdad and Kabul in the summer of 2003 while traveling with Rumsfeld during his first trip to Iraq after the US-led invasion and covered his visit to the Abu Ghraib prison.[9] Fakhry joined Al Jazeera English at its launch in 2006,[10] taking on the role of Lead Female Anchor in the network's Washington DC broadcast center. She presented the award-winning documentary program Witness in 2010. In 2017, she joined TRT World and launched a monthly global affairs program Bigger than Five.[11] Since 2020, she also now hosts the weekly political program Inside America with Ghida Fakhry.[12]

Awards and recognition

2007: Voted as one of four US-based news anchors in Esquire Magazine's annual 'Women We Love'[13]

2012: George Foster Peabody Award for Al Jazeera's coverage of the Arab Awakening[14]

2013: Named among the World's Most Influential Arabs by Arabian Business Power 500[15]

References

  1. ^ "Biography: Ghida Fakhry". Al Jazeera. 2 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Ghida Fakhry". Harry Walker. 2021.
  3. ^ Wadler, Joyce (19 October 2001). "PUBLIC LIVES; Television Bureau Chief Leaves Anonymity Behind". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2001.
  4. ^ "Biography: Ghida Fakhry". Al Jazeera. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  5. ^ "CNN Transcript – World Report: Effectiveness of U.N. Peacekeepers Called into Question – May 28, 2000". CNN. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  6. ^ Fakhry, Ghida (11 April 2005). "The Security Council's new line of work: Is Mehlis the right man?". Asharq Alawsat. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  7. ^ Fakhry, Ghida (4 December 2002). "Secretary Rumsfeld Interview With LBC TV And Al Hayat Newspaper". U. S. Department of Defence. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Powell Says Progress Being Achieved in Iraq". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  9. ^ "Ghida Fakhry joins Al Jazeera International". AME Info. 24 April 2006. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  10. ^ Baddhan, Raj (24 April 2006). "Ghida Fakhry joins Al Jazeera International". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  11. ^ "TRT World launches new weekly programme Bigger Than Five". TRT World. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Inside America". TRT World. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Women We Love: The Newsgirls". Esquire. 29 October 207.
  14. ^ "Awards won by Al Jazeera English". Al Jazeera. 6 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Arabian Business Power 500". Arabian Business. 2013.

External links

  • Official website
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