Experience

AJ+

• United States
• Media Production
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Executive Producer

  • Sep 2017 - Present

• Middle East Editor

  • Mar 2015 - Aug 2017



Ink

• London, United Kingdom

• Middle East Editor

  • Jul 2013 - Mar 2015

  Leading a team of six and managing a budget of £100k, I edited the publishing house’s Middle East titles. I commissioned compelling copy and arresting photography to tell the region’s unreported stories. Leading a team of six and managing a budget of £100k, I edited the publishing house’s Middle East titles. I commissioned compelling copy and arresting photography to tell the region’s unreported stories.



BBC

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Middle East reporter – television

  • Mar 2009 - Feb 2015

  I am a Syria specialist and a regular on the BBC News Channel, BBC World News, BBC Breakfast and Sky News. I have reported live from Lebanon, Jordan, the Syria peace talks at the UN in Geneva and a refugee camp in France.

• Middle East reporter – radio

  • Mar 2009 - Feb 2015

  My packages have appeared on the BBC’s flagship international affairs programme From Our Own Correspondent. I am a regular on the Jeremy Vine Show and BBC Radio 5 Live. I cover the Middle East for Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report.



Freelance

• Middle East reporter – print

  • Jun 2005 - Feb 2015

  My long-form features have run as cover stories in The National (the Middle East’s biggest English-language newspaper) and Al Jazeera English. I have written news and opinion pieces for The Guardian and Channel 4 News. And my investigative journalism has appeared in Foreign Policy magazine. My long-form features have run as cover stories in The National (the Middle East’s biggest English-language newspaper) and Al Jazeera English. I have written news and opinion pieces for The Guardian and Channel 4 News. And my investigative journalism has appeared in Foreign Policy magazine.



J magazine

• Editor

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2013

  I edited one of the Arab world's most widely read cultural magazines. J reached 400,000 people per issue in English and Arabic, and covers the region's art, music, travel and fashion scenes. I edited one of the Arab world's most widely read cultural magazines. J reached 400,000 people per issue in English and Arabic, and covers the region's art, music, travel and fashion scenes.



Gulf Life magazine

• Deputy Editor

  • Oct 2009 - Jul 2010

  I was commissioning editor and chief writer for the Gulf Life cultural monthly. I was commissioning editor and chief writer for the Gulf Life cultural monthly.



ITN

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• National reporter and newsreader

  • Feb 2006 - Mar 2009

  As well as shifts as newsdesk editor, I produced copy for broadcast and syndication to the network of UK commercial radio stations. I was the breakfast newsreader for Kiss FM reaching 1 million listeners and I also read dedicated bulletins for Classic FM and Magic. As well as shifts as newsdesk editor, I produced copy for broadcast and syndication to the network of UK commercial radio stations. I was the breakfast newsreader for Kiss FM reaching 1 million listeners and I also read dedicated bulletins for Classic FM and Magic.



Local radio

• Reporter

  • Sep 2004 - Feb 2006

  I covered local beats for BBC Essex, Time FM in east London and Radio Jackie in south west London. I covered local beats for BBC Essex, Time FM in east London and Radio Jackie in south west London.



BBC

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bulletins and programme producer

  • Sep 2004 - Feb 2006

  At BBC Three, I produced the evening news programme. I also worked on Radio Five Live, pitching stories, setting up guests and editing packages for broadcast.

• News Trainee

  • Sep 2004 - Sep 2005

  I beat hundreds of journalists to become one of just 15 young reporters selected for the BBC’s journalism school. I was trained by some of the biggest names in BBC News. My documentary on the BNP’s black supporters was selected for broadcast on BBC Radio 1xtra, and nominated for a BJTC award.