Hasna abouzeid biography of william

As a journalist with more than two decades of experience in the Middle East, I know the history of the region, how it impacts current events and how social and cultural conditions shape today’s news. 

Born in New Zealand, I grew up in Australia and was schooled there, but I am the daughter of Lebanese immigrants.

I traveled to Beirut during its civil war for family vacations. Even in war, there was life in Beirut, a childhood lesson that guides my work.

I am an independent print and television journalist, fluent in Arabic.

Hasna abouzeid biography of william

I’ve been honored with more than half a dozen journalism awards including the 2015 Michael Kelly Award, the 2014 George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting, and the 2013 Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism. My first documentary, CBC’s Syria: Behind Rebel Lines, won a Canadian Screen Award.

Shortlisted for more than a dozen other international accolades, including thrice a finalist for the Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents and twi